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Can you guess the heights of these famous sportspeople?

How do you measure up to the players on the pitch? Take our quiz.

YOU MIGHT KNOW their past performance records and stats inside out, but if you were quizzed on the heights of your favourite sports stars, how would you do?

See if you can guess the heights of the sportspeople below and let’s find out.

Freddie Flintoff

We all know retired cricketer Flintoff is a tall batsman, but exactly how tall?

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Freddie is 6 ft 4in.

Setanta Ó hAilpín

How tall is this member of the Ó hAilpín sporting family?

INPHO INPHO

Setanta is 6ft 5in.

Yao Ming

Yao Ming is a retired Chinese professional basketball player, who once held the record for the tallest active player in the NBA.

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Yao is 7 ft 6in.

Andy Murray

This Scottish tennis player is British Number 1. But the only number that matters here is his height. Do you know it?

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Andy is 6 fit 3in.

Niall Quinn

Come on without, come on within, you ain’t seen nothing like the Mighty Quinn… But what height is Niall?

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Niall is 6ft 4in.

Shaquille O’Neill

Ah, Shaq. Did you know that Shaquille was actually one of the heaviest NBA players of all time, weighing in at 325lbs? But the answer we need is his height.

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Shaquille is 7 ft 1in.

Peter Crouch

The Stoke City striker crouches by name and presumably crouches by nature, judging by how often he must bang his head off doorframes.

Dave Howarth Dave Howarth

Crouch is 6ft 7in.

Kieran Donaghy

Kieran plays inter-county GAA football for Kerry and club football for Austin Stacks in Tralee. He’s also played basketball for Abrakebabra Tigers, which is no surprise considering his height. Speaking of, can you guess it?

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Donaghy is 6ft 5in.

Usain Bolt

The Jamaican sprinter, nicknamed Lightning Bolt, could just be the fastest person ever.

Empics Entertainment Empics Entertainment

Bolt is 6ft 5in.

Devin Toner

Devin is the tallest player in the Heineken Cup. As rugby players go, especially second row, that must make him pretty tall indeed. What’s your guess?

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And finally, Devin is 6ft 11in.

How many did you get right? Let us know in the comments. And feel free to send this to a tall friend to see how they measure up!

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