Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar
Tuvshinbayar Naidan (Mongolian: Найдангийн Түвшинбаяр born 1 June 1984) is a Mongolian former professional judoka.
He is the 2008 Olympic Champion, 2012 Olympic silver medalist, 2014 Asian games champion, 2017 World Championships bronze medalist, 2016 Asian Championships gold medalist, 2007 silver medalist and two-time (2008, 2011) bronze medalist in –100 kg division. Naidan is serving a sixteen-year jail term for a 2021 fatal assault on a fellow judoka and childhood friend Erdenebileg Enkhbat.
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| Native name | Найдангийн Түвшинбаяр | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Mongolia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 June 1984 Saikhan sum, Bulgan Province, Mongolia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (254 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Mongolia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –100 kg, +100 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. |  (2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Champ. |  (2014, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 1544 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 43486 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic career
At the 2006 Asian Games he finished in joint fifth place in both the heavyweight (–100 kg) division and the open weight division.
Naidangiin won the men's 100 kg division's gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He was the first Mongolian ever to win a gold medal at the Olympics, by defeating Kazakhstani judoka Askhat Zhitkeyev (according to the old rules of judo, where it is allowed to a double & single leg takedowns, the legs grab by hand, similar to a freestyle wrestling). On 14 August 2008, he was inducted as the state honoured athlete of Mongolia as well as a hero of labour.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Naidangiin 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. Also at the 2017 World Championships,he won a bronze medal became the Olympics, World Championships multimedalist.
Mongolian wrestling career record
| Year | Level | Participants | Rank | Wins | Earned title | Notes |
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| 2020 | State | 512 | State Elephant | 2 | ||
| 2019 | State | 512 | State Elephant | 3 | ||
| 2018 | State | 512 | State Elephant | 4 | ||
| 2017 | State | 512 | State Hawk | 7 | State Elephant | |
| 2016 | State | 1024 | State Hawk | Didn't participate. | ||
| 2015 | State | 512 | State Hawk | 3 | ||
| 2014 | State | 512 | State Hawk | 4 | ||
| 2013 | State | 512 | Lion of Aimag | 6 | State Hawk |
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| State Naadam Winner Won at least 5 rounds in State Naadam Aimag/Sum Naadam Promotion | ||||||
Assault and jailing
In April 2021, Tüvshinbayar was jailed for 20 days following a drunken assault on Erdenebileg Enkhbat, who was a childhood friend. Enkhbat died on 24 December 2021 from a brain injury related to the assault. Following Enkhbat's death, new charges were filed against Tüvshinbayar. On 9 June 2022, the Khan-Uul District Court sentenced Tuvshinbayar to 16 years in prison for the deadly assault.
References
External links
- Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar at the International Judo Federation
- Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar at JudoInside.com
- Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar at Olympics.com
- Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar at Olympedia
- Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar at The-Sports.org
- Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar on Facebook
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