Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran

Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran (Mongolian: Ганзоригийн Мандахнаран) is a male Mongolian wrestler who competes in the 66 kg category in freestyle wrestling. He was born in Tuv province of Mongolia. He is a two-time world bronze medalist and Ivan Yarygin 2016.

Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran

At the 2014 Paris Golden Grand Prix
Personal information
Nationality	Mongol
Born	(1986-05-11) 11 May 1986 Töv Province, Mongolia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Freestyle
Medal record Representing  Mongolia Men's Freestyle wrestling World Wrestling Championships 2014 Tashkent 65 kg 2013 Hungary 66 kg Military World Champion 2014 New Jersey 70 kg Military World Games 2015 Mungyeong 70 kg Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan 66 kg Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 60 kg Asian Wrestling Championships 2009 Pattaya 60 kg 2013 New Delhi 66 kg 2015 Doha 65 kg 2018 Bishkek 74 kg Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 Krasnoyarsk 65 kg 2019 Krasnoyarsk 70 kg Golden Grand Prix Paris 2014 Madrid 65 kg Grand Prix Dinmukhamed Kunayev 2014 Taraz 65 kg Grand Prix Spani 2016 Madrid 65 kg Grand Prix Yasar Dogu 2010 Istanbul 60 kg 2014 Istanbul 65 kg

He reached 5th place in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after he was denied victory for running away from his Uzbek opponent in the last seconds of their bronze medal contest.[1] Mandakhnaran almost won bronze in the 65 kg event but in the final seconds when he was leading 7-6, he started prematurely celebrating in front of his opponent Ikhtiyor Navruzov. For this Navruzov was awarded a penalty point by Azerbaijani judge Hijran Sharifov. With the score 7-7, Navruzov won due to winning the last point of the match. Mandakhnaran's coach and trainer were so incensed by the decision that they stripped in front of the judges, and leading to another point awarded to Navruzov for a final score of 7-8.[2][3][4] Both of his coaches would later be banned by the United World Wrestling until August 2019.[5][6]