Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh
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This is a Mongolian name. The given name is Bayanmönkh, and the name Khorloogiin is a patronymic, not a family name. The subject should be referred to by the given name.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Freestyle Wrestling | ||
Competitor for  Mongolia
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 1972 Munich | Heavyweight |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 1975 Minsk | 100 kg |
| Silver | 1971 Sofia | 100 kg |
| Silver | 1974 Istanbul | 100 kg |
Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (Mongolian: Хорлоогийн Баянмөнх; born February 22, 1944) is a retired Mongolian wrestler. At the 1972 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's freestyle heavyweight category.[1] His name Bayanmonkh means "Rich eternal" in the Mongolian language.
Bayanmönkh is the second most successful wrestler in Mongolian wrestling with 10 championship wins (1968 1971-1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981–1982, 1987). [citation needed]
In 1972 he was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR.[2]
References
- ↑ "Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1973. pp. 122–124.
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