Enormous Athletes Who Shattered Records with Their Astounding Size

Emanual Yarbrough - 6’8” 882 lbs

Emanual was the heaviest living athlete of all time at one point. Unfortunately, this was due to the fact that he had an unhealthy relationship with food and would consistently say that he was a prisoner in his own body. He was able to use his weight to have successful judo, wrestling, and mixed martial arts sumo careers, but his life ended when he was just 51. 

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