Kaido Höövelson
Estonian sumo wrestler and politician (born 1984)
把瑠都凱斗 · 바루토 가이토
- Born
- 5 November 1984, Väike-Maarja
- Citizenship
- Estonia
- Sport
- judo, sumo
- Occupation
- rikishi, politician, actor
- Height
- 198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
- Weight
- 188 kg (414 lb)
Kaido Höövelson (born 5 November 1984), known professionally as Baruto Kaito (把瑠都 凱斗), is an Estonian politician and former professional sumo wrestler. He made his wrestling debut in May 2004 and in two years, reached the top division in May 2006. After suffering a number of injury problems in 2007 which delayed his progress, he reached the third-highest rank of sekiwake in November 2008, and was promoted to ōzeki rank after finishing the March 2010 tournament with a score of 14–1. He was a tournament runner-up four times before recording a top division championship in the 2012 January tournament. During his career Baruto also earned five special prizes for Fighting Spirit, one for Outstanding Performance and one for Technique. He lost his ōzeki rank after more injury problems at the end of 2012, and having fallen greatly in rank after withdrawing from the May 2013 tournament, he announced his retirement in September of that year at the age of 28.
Awards and honours
- Order of the White Star, 3rd Class
External links
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