Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar

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This is a Mongolian name. The given name is Tüvshinbayar, and the name Naidangiin is a patronymic, not a family name. The subject should be referred to by the given name.

Personal information

Nationality

Mongolia

Born

1 June 1984^[1]
Saikhan sum, Bulgan Province, Mongolia,

Height

1.78 m

Medal record

Competitor for Mongolia
Men's Judo
Olympic Games
Gold	2008 Beijing	-100kg
Silver	2012 London	-100kg
Asian Championships
Gold	2007 Kuwait City	-100 kg
Bronze	2008 Jeju City	-100 kg
Bronze	2011 Abu Dhabi	-100 kg
East Asian Championships
Bronze	2006 Ulan Bator	+100 kg

Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar (Mongolian: Найдангийн Түвшинбаяр) is a Mongolian judoka.

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 the 14th of 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]

He currently resides in Ulan Bator.

References

Persondata
Name	Tuvshinbayar, Naidang
Alternative names
Short description	Judoka
Date of birth	June 1, 1984
Place of birth	Bulgan aimag, Mongololia
Date of death
Place of death

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