Florida basketball center Olivier Rioux has signed with certified NBA agent Peter Yannopoulos, president of Athletes in Power ...

Florida 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux looks to evolve from a curiosity to a contributor for the Gators, but a long road still lies ...

Rioux is a Terrebonne, Canada native who gets his height from his family. His father stands at 6-foot-8, while his mother is a mind-blowing 6-foot-2. On his Instagram, which has over 100k ...

Olivier Rioux holds the Guinness World Record for world's tallest male teenager. A University of Florida basketball player whose height makes him a Guinness World Record holder needed just his ...

Redshirting 7-foot-9 center Olivier Rioux has made an impact, though. The towering 19-year-old is a difference-maker in practice. "I mean, he stands up and his hands are above the rim," 7-foot-1 ...

It's fitting because Rioux is among the new wave of basketball players who have never been seen before. Standing at 7-foot-9 inches and 290 pounds—an updated spurt since last year, when he was ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Olivier Rioux pokes his head out the front door of Florida’s practice facility — the 7-foot-9 center has to duck, of course — and delivers a tidbit. “Alberta reached ...

At 7-9, freshman big Olivier Rioux is hard to miss on the floor. The Canadian national is used to the spotlight, having received the Guinness World Record for world's tallest teenager after ...

Should that happen, one player won't need to use a ladder to cut down the nets and celebrate a ticket punched to San Antonio: freshman forward Olivier Rioux. REQUIRED READING: Florida vs Texas ...

James Gilbert/Getty ; CTV News Olivier Rioux's heights might be record-breaking, but he doesn't feel so different around his parents — Jean-François Rioux and Anne Gariépy — who are both ...

Although he is redshirting from Florida this season, you may notice the Gators' looming center, Oliver Rioux, sitting on the bench during its first-round game. He is currently the tallest active ...

SAN ANTONIO — When he walked around campus with Olivier Rioux for the first time, Florida forward Thomas Haugh discovered he was hanging out with a tourist attraction. Total strangers approached ...