Emanuel Yarbrough is the heaviest athlete in the world

Two meters high and seven inches and weighing 320 kilograms American Emanuel Yarbrough is recognized as the worst athlete in the world by Guinness World Records. 47-year-old giant is an amateur sumo wrestler and in the past had been involved with judo, wrestling and college football. Yarbrough is the heaviest living athlete in the world since 2001, but became better known by his recognized by Guinness record in the recently published book, Wacky Sporting Champions. The publication, prepared by Guinness namely are featured athletes involved in unusual sports disciplines such as "the fastest athlete in the 100 meters race on all fours" (record is 18.58 seconds - br) or "fastest Athlete of the 110 meters hurdles with flippers "(18.52 seconds). As for Emanuel Yarbrough, lives quite heavy athlete would include roles in theater productions, muuvi and participate in the HBO drama Oz. What prevails in the heart of the giant, however, are few opportunities for contact with athletes close to its essence and also put "unusual" records. "I always hoped to become a secret society and have our ritual handshake or something, because in the world there are very few people like us," laments Yarbrough.