A child prodigy made her college his own Florida and next season he will make… NCAA history.
The reason is that he managed to convince the beast Olivier Rioux to wear his jersey and of course it will happen the tallest player in college league history! And that’s because, the Canadian born in 2006 is 2.41m tall.!
In the meantime, this particular one in 2022 also entered in the Guinness Book of Recordsas he was recorded as the tallest Teenager in the world, since at the age of 16 he was 2.31m tall.while when he was 8 years old he was 1.86m tall!
Olivier Rioux was 6’1″ at eight-years-old. pic.twitter.com/8ajGOTFvvr
— Fatal Error (@FatalError099) June 20, 2024
18-year-old Florida commit Olivier Rioux is now listed at 7’9” ??
He was 7’5″ when we filmed him 2 years ago.
7’6” last year (this video).
7’7” earlier this year.
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) June 19, 2024
Incoming Florida freshman Olivier Rioux is set to be the tallest player in college basketball history at 7-foot-9.
Rioux, who just graduated high school, is still growing as his previous listed height was 7-foot-7.
Rioux is also the world’s tallest teenager and has a shoe size… pic.twitter.com/VSF0OeVN08
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 20, 2024
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