This guy is 7’9″! …7’9″!!
Olivier Riou, a player on the Florida Gators men’s basketball team, has reportedly reached an astounding height of 7 feet 9 inches. Official Website Riou, the team leader, has already Guinness World Records He broke his own record and set a new one as the tallest teenager on Earth.
A native of Montreal, Canada, Rioux attended high school at IMG Academy in Florida before joining the Gators. (RELATED: SMU pumps $159M into athletic programs like it did in its heyday)
According to the University of Florida basketball website, Rioux was an impressive 6’1″ at age 8, reached 6’11” by the time he was in sixth grade, and surpassed the seven-foot mark before the seventh grade.
Liu was already listed in the Guinness World Records as the world’s tallest teenager in the 1980s. 16He is over 7 feet 5 inches tall.
Guinness World Record holder and tallest teenager, Olivier Riou, was 6ft 1in tall at the age of 8 😱 pic.twitter.com/dh5WBGzFJv
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 19, 2024
Introducing Olivier Riou, the next college basketball giant.
The 7-foot-7-inch giant is a 4🌟 player from IMG Academy and is set to attend Florida next season.
Zach Eddy will take over. pic.twitter.com/rmC16AvGSR
— College Basketball Report (@CBKReport) April 9, 2024
Olivier Rioux, a freshman center enrolled at the University of Florida, is listed at 7 feet 9 inches tall on the Florida Gators website.
If this is correct, it would make him the tallest college basketball player of all time.
Matt Painter is punching the air somewhere right now… pic.twitter.com/fgdiWKGxP1
— College Sports Only (@CollegeSportsO) June 19, 2024
At 7’4″, Olivier Riou 🇨🇦 will likely be a mainstay for Florida throughout his collegiate career. He’s a slow runner and will play around 10-12 minutes per game.
It’s not inconceivable that we could see more of this type of play from him in the next few years. pic.twitter.com/RYNqeSVcDj
— Ersin Demir (@EDemirNBA) June 6, 2024
7’7″ Olivier Riou commits to Florida 🐊 pic.twitter.com/nJYgi5UbtO
— Overtime (@overtime) November 9, 2023
I don’t live too far from Gainesville so I’ll be going to a game just to see this guy…Awesome!
