ay ar ▁By amb aj av , ▁known ▁profession ally ▁as ▁By amba , ▁previously ▁Da ish ō chi ▁K enta , ▁( ; ▁Japanese : ▁; ▁ 2 4 ▁November ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁– ▁ 2 8 ▁February ▁ 2 0 2 0 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Mong ol ian ▁sum o ▁wrest ler ▁and ▁a ▁two - time ▁winner ▁of ▁the ▁Sum o ▁World ▁Championships , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁He ▁was ▁ 6 ' 1 " ▁tall , ▁we igh ing ▁ 3 5 0   lb . ▁He ▁entered ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁matches ▁winning ▁all ▁gold ▁med als , ▁in ▁Japan , ▁Mong olia , ▁Th ailand , ▁US , ▁Italy , ▁Germany , ▁and ▁elsewhere . ▁He ▁featured ▁as ▁a ▁model ▁for ▁the ▁Sub aru ▁car ▁company . ▁He ▁died ▁" after ▁a ▁prot ract ed ▁ill ness " ▁in ▁a ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁hospital ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 2 0 . ▁ ▁Sum o ▁career ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁U la an ba atar , ▁and ▁took ▁up ▁Mong ol ian ▁wrest ling ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 9 , ▁but ▁he ▁preferred ▁playing ▁basketball . ▁He ▁won ▁junior ▁titles ▁in ▁wrest ling , ▁j udo ▁and ▁sam bo . ▁He ▁was ▁rec ru ited ▁as ▁a ▁professional ▁sum o ▁wrest ler ▁( rik ishi ) ▁by ▁former ▁y ok oz una ▁On ok uni ▁who ▁was ▁on ▁a ▁visit ▁to ▁Mong olia . ▁He