How tall is Yuri Gagarin?

Yuri Gagarin's listed height was 157 cm (5'2").

About Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was born on 9 March 1934 in the village of Klushino in the Russian SFSR. In his youth he worked as a foundryman at a steel plant in Lyubertsy. He later joined the Soviet Air Forces as a pilot and was stationed at the Luostari Air Base near the Norway and Soviet Union border.

Gagarin was selected for the Soviet space programme alongside five other cosmonauts. On 12 April 1961 he travelled on Vostok 1, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, and completed one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes, becoming the first person to journey into outer space. He earned numerous accolades, including Hero of the Soviet Union. Afterwards he became deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre and was elected to the Soviet of the Union in 1962 and later the Soviet of Nationalities.

Gagarin stood a listed 157 cm (5'2"). Vostok 1 was his only spaceflight, though he served as backup crew to Soyuz 1. He died on 27 March 1968, and the Cosmonaut Training Centre was later named after him.

Frequently asked

How tall is Yuri Gagarin in feet and inches? Yuri Gagarin was 5'2" tall, which is 157 cm, 61.8 inches or 1.57 m.

Sources

• Yuri Gagarin on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Yuri Gagarin on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 158 cm.
• Yuri Gagarin on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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