Tallest man in US gets custom-made tennis shoes

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Tallest man in US gets custom-made tennis shoes

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Minnesota man received three custom-made pairs Thursday from Reebok.

19 October,2012 03:09 pm

It was a tall order to fill, but the tallest man in the United States now has his own custom-made tennis shoes.Igor Vovkovinskiy (voh-kov-IN-ski) stands just over 7 feet, 8 inches tall. Hes long struggled to find shoes for his size 24, 10E feet.But the 30-year-old Minnesota man received three custom-made pairs Thursday from Reebok that took five months to make. As he tried on a pair, he said it felt as if he were walking on pillows or mattresses.For as long as he can remember, hes had one pair of shoes. He says hes had 16 foot surgeries in six years because of damage caused by ill-fitting shoes.The Post-Bulletin reports that Vovkovinskiy knew who hed tell first about his new shoes, saying: My mom.