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14 year old girl to compete in Sumo World Championships +
We all know how big sumo is in Japan. You may not realize that it is actually big in other countries as well. Meet Samantha-Jane Stacy. She’s not your ordinary school girl. Her 8th grade Australian classmates have affectionately named her “Sammy Sumo”. At age 14, she hopes to be the youngest ever to compete in the World Sumo Championships this month in Estonia. She weighs in at an impressive 20 stones (280 pounds), and she is still as nimble as any child athlete.
Like many sumo wrestlers, Samantha eats a very healthy diet which consists mostly of Weetbix and lasagna. She does not try to put on weight. Samantha says,
I’m naturally a big girl. I don’t have to eat anything extra. I have a medical condition that does not allow me to lose the weight. A side effect of that means I look obese. But I do have a healthy diet.
She became interested in the sport after reasearching and watching videos on the internet. Her brother Blake Stacey is her trainer, and also a sumo wrestler. He recently competed in this year’s Oceania Championships. Samantha is excited to head to Estonia to represent Australia with her 4 other teammates, however she’s really nervous about the 32-hour flight there. I wish her the best of luck. For a video by an Australian news channel, check out MSN.
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October 9th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Once again, thank god she’s not American.
October 9th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
I don’t know wildan. she is just competing in a legit sport.best of luck to her.
January 11th, 2009 at 5:34 am
I just read about this girl in the newspaper today (I am from Australia). She was fundraising to go to some championships. Her brother is a little older and is training in Sumo as well.
March 20th, 2009 at 10:29 am
I think that’s awesome that she can find something like that to do instead of feeling sorry for her self because of that medical condition. Best of luck Darling!!!
Oh and Wilden, Your an idiot, i don’t really care if she was American, Japanese, Ethiopian, or what, that girl is accomplishing more in her life than you probably ever will.
September 11th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
240 at 18. That’s pretty incredible. I hope she does well. Played right, I think she could become very popular in Japan.