Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar

judoka

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1984

Place of Birth: Mongolia

Profession: judoka

Nationality: Mongolia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar

  • Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar (Mongolian: ?????????? ?????????? 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.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, by defeating Kazakhstani judoka Askhat Zhitkeyev.
  • On 14 August 2008, he was inducted as the state honored athlete of Mongolia as well as hero of labor.In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won a silver medal, becoming the first Olympic multimedalist from Mongolia.
  • He won his silver medal despite suffering a serious injury in the semifinal bout.

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