Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar

Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar

Tüvshinbayar during the 2008 Olympics final match
Personal information
Nationality	Mongolian
Born	(1984-06-01) 1 June 1984[1] Saikhan sum, Bulgan Province, Mongolia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country	Mongolia
Sport	Judo
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Mongolia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing -100kg 2012 London -100kg World Championships 2015 Astana Team 2017 Budapest +100 kg Asian Games 2014 Incheon –100 kg Asian Championships 2016 Tashkent City -100 kg 2007 Kuwait City -100 kg 2008 Jeju City -100 kg 2011 Abu Dhabi -100 kg

Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar (Mongolian: Найдангийн Түвшинбаяр born 1 June 1984) is a Mongolian judoka. He is the 2008 Olympic Champion, 2012 Olympic silver medalist, 2014 Asian games champion, 2015 World Bronze medalist, 2016 Asian championship Gold medalist, 2007 silver medalist and two-time (2008,2011) bronze medalist in -100 kg division.

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 honored athlete of Mongolia as well as hero of labor.^[5]

In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won a silver medal, becoming the first Olympic multimedalist from Mongolia.^[6] He won his silver medal despite suffering a serious injury in the semifinal bout.^[7]

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