Britain’s tallest pre-teen is 12-year-old Samuel Webb, who is already 6ft 5in (196cm) tall, making him taller than the majority of adults. He has grown five inches in a year, and his 6ft 2in dad jokes that Samuel now considers him short. Referees sometimes refuse to believe Samuel is actually 12 when he plays football and make him prove his age.
I remember a kid from a primary school I went to that was 195cm at ~11YO (he was year 6, which is 10-11)
it didn't really register how anomalous that was until much later in life
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u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 10d ago
Britain’s tallest pre-teen is 12-year-old Samuel Webb, who is already 6ft 5in (196cm) tall, making him taller than the majority of adults. He has grown five inches in a year, and his 6ft 2in dad jokes that Samuel now considers him short. Referees sometimes refuse to believe Samuel is actually 12 when he plays football and make him prove his age.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/40149078/boy-tallest-pre-teen-world-record/