Amazing how often people say stuff like 1.83cm is 'pretty tall for a Korean', but people would never say that it's 'pretty tall for a Nigerian/Colombian/Jamican' etc etc, even though Koreans are on average taller than those countries. People can't help but think 'asian = short'.
But I wasn't comparing average height of male Koreans to that of Nigerian/Colombian/Jamaicans.
I was comparing the player on trial Byeong Su Yu to other people from his country.
Average height of male South Koreans = 1.7 m (all people aged 18+) or 1.73 m (aged 20-24)
The player on trial Soo Byeung Yoo is 1.83 m (6 feet) compared to average male Korean height 1.7 m (5'7")
So he's quite a bit taller than the average South Korean.
Best available stats for many countries here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_average_huma...
South Korean males are on average, the tallest people in Asia on that chart.
But even that is shorter than ALL European countries on that chart.
(e.g. England, France, Germany 1.75 m; Spain 1.73 m, Sweden 1.77 m, Netherlands 1.8m)
NZ average height males (20-49 years) = 1.77 m
No stats available for all NZ males (would be slightly lower since height decreases with age)
Australia gives an indication: avge male height (all 18+) = 1.75m; (18-24) = 1.77
It's probably because I'm a short ass but I'm shocked that the average height for men is as low as it is, especially amongst under 40s. I would guessed more 179-180cm for average height for that age group.
