Home Lifestyle One time world’s heaviest child has died aged 21

One time world’s heaviest child has died aged 21

923

Russian sumo wrestler Dzhambulat Khatokhov, who in 2003 entered the Guinness World Records as the world’s heaviest child, has died.

Russian sumo wrestler Dzhambulat Khatokhov, who in 2003 entered the Guinness World Records as the world’s heaviest child, has died. Photo: TMZ

MOSCOW – Russian sumo wrestler Dzhambulat Khatokhov, who entered the Guinness World Records as the world’s heaviest child in 2003, has died at the age of 21, sports officials in his native region said.

Betal Gubzhev, head of the body governing sumo wrestling in the southern Kabardino-Balkaria region, announced Khatokhov’s death on Instagram on Tuesday, but did not disclose its cause.

The Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid reported that Khatokhov had suffered from kidney problems.

As a two-year-old, Khatokhov weighed about 34 kilograms, and weighed in at around 180 kilograms when he was 13, according to Russian media.

Wrestling is popular in Russia’s North Caucasus area, including in the regions of Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya and Dagestan.

Reuters

Previous articleNorthern Cape Cricket shocked by Richards’ death
Next articleSky Blues back at training after Covid-19 outbreak