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With his 2.21 m, Victor Wembanyama is a rare case. Because even if the French population has gained a little more than a centimeter in eight years, the young sportsman lives high, very high above his congeners: 1.77 m on average for men; 1.64m for women. The new tricolor basketball star is even well above the already very closed circle of 4% of French people measuring more than 1.90 m. On the other hand, in his sport, very tall players have become legion. And on the other side of the Atlantic, “Wemby” will even have to raise his chin slightly to watch Boban Marjanovic, the largest NBA template, the American pro championship, with his 2.24 m.