Eighteen-year-old Olivier Rioux will play for the University of Florida next season as the tallest college basketball player ever.
Olivier Rioux stands at an astounding 7'9' — and he's not done growing. At just 18 years old, Rioux is the tallest teenager in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Now he's preparing for his NCAA debut in the fall, where he's one of the most anticipated names entering Division I sports.Rioux, born in Montreal, Canada, broke the record for world's tallest teenager back in 2020 when he was measured at 7'5' as a 14 year old.
This early exposure attracted significant interest from basketball prospects and led to his enrollment at IMG Academy in Florida in 2021, one of the top basketball prep schools in the United States, with 19 alumni selected in the NBA Draft since 2005.If he played in the NBA now, he'd be tied with Cleveland's Tacko Fall as the league's tallest player.When Rioux arrived at prep school, the native French speaker struggled with a language barrier.
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