Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar
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Nationality | Mongolian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Saikhan sum, Bulgan Province, Mongolia | 1 June 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Mongolia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –100 kg, +100 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Champ. | (2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asian Champ. | (2014, 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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IJF | 1544 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 43486 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated on 16 November 2021. |
Tuvshinbayar Naidan (Mongolian: Найдангийн Түвшинбаяр born 1 June 1984) is a former professional Mongolian judoka. He is the 2008 Olympic Champion, 2012 Olympic silver medalist, 2014 Asian games champion, 2017 Budapest Bronze medalist, 2016 Asian championship Gold medalist, 2007 silver medalist and two-time (2008, 2011) bronze medalist in -100 kg division.
Olympic career[]
At the 2006 Asian Games he finished in joint fifth place in both the heavyweight (-100 kg) division and the open weight class division.[2]
In the same division, he won a gold medal at the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing. He was the first Mongolian ever to win a gold medal at the Olympics,[3] |-> by defeating Kazakhstani judoka Askhat Zhitkeyev.[4] On 14 August 2008, he was inducted as the state honoured athlete of Mongolia as well as a hero of labour.[5]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won a silver medal, becoming the first Olympic multimedalist from Mongolia. He won his silver medal despite suffering a serious injury in the semifinal bout.[6] Also at the 2017 Budapest,he won a bronze medal became the Olympics,World Championships multimedalist.
Assault and jailing[]
In April 2021 Tüvshinbayar was jailed for 20 days following an assault on Erdenebileg Enkhbat.[7] Enkhbat passed away from brain injury on December 24, 2021.
References[]
- ^ London 2012 Olympics.com
- ^ 2006 Asian Games profile
- ^ "Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar". Olympics.com. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ Tüvshinbayar wins gold Archived 2008-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Hero of labor". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
- ^ UB Post
- ^ Shefferd, Neil. "Mongolia National Olympic Committee President Tüvshinbayar jailed for 20 days for assault". Retrieved 30 July 2021.
External links[]
- Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar at the International Judo Federation
- Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar at JudoInside.com
- Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar at Olympedia
- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from Bulgan Province
- Mongolian male judoka
- Olympic judoka of Mongolia
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Mongolia
- Olympic silver medalists for Mongolia
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in judo
- Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games
- Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games
- Judoka at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Mongolia
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Judoka at the 2018 Asian Games
- Mongolian sportspeople stubs
- Asian Olympic medalist stubs
- Mongolian judo biography stubs