Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar

Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar

Personal information
Nationality	Mongol
Born	(1984-06-01) 1 June 1984[1] Saikhan sum, Bulgan Province, Mongolia,
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Medal record Representing  Mongolia Men's Judo Olympic Games 2008 Beijing -100kg 2012 London -100kg World Championships 2015 Astana Teams 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 IJF Grand Slam 2012 Paris -100 kg 2011 Paris -100 kg 2013 Tokyo -100 kg IJF Grand Prix 2013 Jeju -100 kg 2015 Qingdao -100 kg 2014 Jeju -100 kg 2011 Abu Dhabi -100 kg 2014 Dusseldorf -100 kg

Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar (Mongolian: Найдангийн Түвшинбаяр) 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]

He currently resides in Ulaanbaatar.

References

1. ↑ London 2012 Olympics.com
2. ↑ 2006 Asian Games profile
3. ↑ Mongolia wins 1st gold
4. ↑ Tüvshinbayar wins gold
5. ↑ Hero of labor
6. ↑ http://sport.news.mn/content/116033.shtml
7. ↑ UB Post