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Dzhambulat Khatokhov
Born(1999-09-24)24 September 1999
Terek, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Died29 December 2020(2020-12-29) (aged 21)
NationalityRussian
Known forWorld's heaviest child

Dzhambulat "Dzhambik" Khatokhov (24 September 1999 – 29 December 2020) was the world's heaviest child from 2003, according to the Guinness Book of Records.[1]

Biography

At the age of eight, Dzhambik and his mother visited Japan to be part of a television program, "Impossible", on Fuji Television.[1] His mother, Nelya Kabardarkova denied all accusations of fuelling his growth and said she was encouraging Dzhambik's wish to become a sumo wrestler.[citation needed] Dzhambik also attends sumo battles. In 2003, he wrestled Georgy Bibilauri, another large teenager in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.[2] By the age of nine, Dzhambik weighted 146.1 kg (322 lb). At age 7 he was 4 ft 3 and weighed 220 lb while his brother was double his age but half his weight.

Doctors were unsure of the cause of his fast growth. In 2008, the British doctor Ian Campbell,[3] one of the world's leading experts in obesity, visited Dzhambik and performed a series of tests on him at a Moscow clinic where he was treated every year for his obesity.[1] The tests showed that 9 year old Dzhambik's bones were the size of an average 13-year-old boy. He was also tested for anabolic steroids, which can cause abnormal bone growth, but the results were negative. As shown on an episode of Body Shock, Campbell and other health care professionals urged Dzambik's mother to help the boy eat a better diet and lose weight to improve his health, but Nelya rejected their advice and insisted the boy was healthy and capable of becoming a sumo wrestler or other sportsman. In 2006, journalist Nick Patton Walsh wrote in The Guardian that Nelya demanded money in order for him to meet Dzambik; Walsh hesitated as such payments were against Guardian policy but eventually relented, paying £160 or about 8000 rubles.[4]

Dzhambik's size earned him the nickname Sosruko after an ancient hero from local mythology. Sosruko was a giant, a fierce warrior who protected his people and embodied qualities people in the Caucasus greatly respect: strength and size. According to Nelya Kabardarkova, her son's grandfather was also known as a Bogatyr, a Russian word for a sort of gentle giant.

Dzhambik appeared on many Russian TV Shows, but gained world recognition through the UK Channel 4 series BodyShock in the episode "World's Biggest Boy"[5] which aired on many TV channels around the world.

In August 2017 Dzhabmulat has the weight of 230 kg and decided to loose weight. His goal was to loose weight up to 120 kg.[6] By his 18th birthday he had lost 54 kg and began to weigh 176 kg, achieving this together with the trainer Yusif Nurullaev. He said: "The trainer literally kept track of every portion of food I was about to eat. I photographed my plate with my phone before eating and sent it to Yusif. If I forgot to do this, it means that he believed that I ate more than allowed, and loaded me more during training session. This disciplined me a lot."[7]

Death

His death was announced on 29 December 2020. He was 21. No cause of death was given.[8] Media reports that he passed away due to kidney problems.[9]

Weight development

Age Weight Weight of a ...[10][11]
Birth 2.9 kg / 6.4 lbs / 0.5 st normal
1 12.7 kg / 27 lbs / 2 st 3 year old
4 55.8 kg / 123 lbs / 8.8 st 14 year old
6 89.7 kg / 198 lbs / 14.1 st grown man
8 132.9 kg / 293 lbs / 20.9 st
9 146 kg / 322 lbs / 23 st
10 126 kg / 278 lbs / 19.8 st[citation needed]
12 175 kg / 389 lbs / 27.6 st [12]

190 kg / 419 lbs / 29.9 st [13]

16 226 kg / 498 lbs / 35.6 st [14]
17 230 kg[7]
18 176 kg[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "The biggest kid on the planet" (in Russian). NMN Russia. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  2. ^ "The Odd Truth". CBS News. 3 July 2003. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  3. ^ "The world's biggest boy". 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 November 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  4. ^ "I like to be big". London: The Guardian. 26 May 2006. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  5. ^ "World's biggest boy". Channel 4. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  6. ^ https://www.kp.ru/daily/26886/3930795/
  7. ^ a b c https://www.kp.ru/daily/1712105/4345887/
  8. ^ "Russian dubbed 'world's heaviest boy' by Guinness dies aged 21". Tass. 29 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. ^ https://www.eurosport.ru/sumo/story_sto8048321.shtml
  10. ^ "Wachstums- und Gewichtskurven in Perzentilen (Jungen 0 - 18 Jahre)" (PDF) (in German).
  11. ^ "Fattest child-world record set by Dzhambik Khatokhov". 22 July 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  12. ^ "The Kabardian champion congratulated the Tvalavadze family for the birth of a "bogatyr" boy" (in Russian). Sputnik Georgia. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  13. ^ "The boy lost 100 kilograms" (in Russian). 28 April 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  14. ^ "The mightiest child in the world lives in the Northern Caucasus" (in Russian). 24 March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

External references

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