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In this Mongolian name, the given name is Tuvshinbayar. Naidan is a patronymic, not a family name.

Tuvshinbayar Naidan (Mongolian: Найдангийн Түвшинбаяр born 1 June 1984) is a Mongolian former professional judoka.[2] 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.

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.[3]

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,[4] by defeating Kazakhstani judoka Askhat Zhitkeyev[5] (according to the old rules of judo, where it is allowed to a double & single leg takedowns,[6] the legs grab by hand,[7] similar to a freestyle wrestling).[8] On 14 August 2008, he was inducted as the state honoured athlete of Mongolia as well as a hero of labour.[9]

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.[10] Also at the 2017 World Championships,he won a bronze medal became the Olympics, World Championships multimedalist.

Mongolian wrestling career record

Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar[11]
Year Level Participants Rank Wins Earned title Notes
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


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.[12] 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.[13]

References

  1. ^ London 2012 Olympics.com
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. ^ 2006 Asian Games profile
  4. ^ "Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar". Olympics.com. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  5. ^ Video. Judo, the 2008 Summer Olympics, Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar vs Askhat Zhitkeyev. Internet Archive. Retrieved Mar 06, 2024.
  6. ^ Video. Judo, the 2008 Summer Olympics, Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar vs Keiji Suzuki. Internet Archive. Retrieved Mar 05, 2024.
  7. ^ Video. Judo, the 2008 Summer Olympics, Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar vs Movlud Miraliyev. Internet Archive. Retrieved Apr. 08, 2024.
  8. ^ Tüvshinbayar wins gold Archived 2008-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Hero of labor". Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
  10. ^ UB Post
  11. ^ "Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar's career record". devjee.mn.
  12. ^ Shefferd, Neil. "Mongolia National Olympic Committee President Tüvshinbayar jailed for 20 days for assault". Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Mongolian top Olympian sentenced 16 years in prison for murder - News.MN". News.MN. 9 June 2022.

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