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Craig Glendar (L), editor-in-chief of the Guinness Book of World Records, measures Junrey Balawing on June 12, 2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CNN) — A man from the Philippines was certified as the world’s shortest man this weekend as he reached his 18th birthday, Guinness World Records announced.<\/p>\n

Junrey Balawing of Sindangan in the southern Philippines is 23.6 inches (60cm) tall, making him nearly three inches shorter than the previous record holder, Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal.<\/p>\n

Balawing was born a normal size, his family said, and they did not notice anything unusual about him until he was about 4 years old and his peers grew more than he did.<\/p>\n

He has not grown since his first birthday, his parents told Guinness.<\/p>\n

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