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Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar (Mongolian: Эрдэнэбатын Бэхбаяр; born 13 August 1992) is a Mongolian freestyle wrestler who competes in the 57 kg division. He won a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games[1] and bronze medals at the 2015 and 2017 world championships. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Adama Diatta.[2][3]

Bekhbayar took up wrestling in 2006. He was named the 2015 Mongolian Male Athlete of the Year.[4]

World Championships Results

1. The 2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 57 kg

  • Erdenebat Bekhbayar (MGL) vs Aleksei Baskakov (EST), W 10–0;
  • Erdenebat Bekhbayar (MGL) vs Ghenadie Tulbea (MON), W 12–1;
  • Erdenebat Bekhbayar (MGL) vs Yuki Takahashi (JPN), W 2–1;
  • Erdenebat Bekhbayar (MGL) vs Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO), L 2–10;
  • Erdenebat Bekhbayar (MGL) vs Artas Sanaa (KAZ), W 5–1.[5]

Medalists:

  • Gold medal - Vladimer Khinchegashvili of Georgia;
  • Silver medal - Hassan Rahimi of Iran;
  • Bronze medal - Erdenebat Bekhbayar of Mongolia and Viktor Lebedev of Russia.

2. The 2017 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 57 kg

Medalists:

  • Gold medal - Yuki Takahashi of Japan;
  • Silver medal - Thomas Gilman of United States;
  • Bronze medal - Andriy Yatsenko of Ukraine and Erdenebat Bekhbayar of Mongolia.

Results of Asian Games

The 2018 Asian Games - Men's freestyle 57 kg

  • Gold medal - Erdenebat Bekhbayar of Mongolia;
  • Silver medal - Kang Kum-song of North Korea;
  • Bronze medal - Yuki Takahashi of Japan and Reza Atri of Iran.

Other facts

Bekhbayar also beat another strong opponents: the 2018 Pan American Champion and the 2017 U23 World Champion Reineri Andreu Ortega[11] (the 2018 World Cup), the 2019 European Games champion Mahir Amiraslanov[12] (the 2019 World Wrestling Championships), the 2019 Russian Championships winner Ramiz Gamzatov[13] (the 2019 Alany Tournament).

References

  1. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). ocagames.com. 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020. ERDENEBAT Bekhbayar
  2. ^ "ERDENEBAT Bekhbayar - Olympic Wrestling | Mongolia". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Men's Freestyle 57 kg – Standings". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016. ERDENEBAT Bekhbayar
  4. ^ "ERDENEBAT Bekhbayar | Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang". AsianGames2018.id. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018.
  5. ^ 2015 World Wrestling Championships. E. Bekhbayar vs S. Artas. United World Wrestling. Retrieved Sep 10, 2023.
  6. ^ 2017 World Wrestling Championships. Qual. FS - 57 kg: B. ERDENEBAT (MGL) df. U. ZHOLDOSHBEKO (KGZ) by VSU, 12-0. United World Wrestling.
  7. ^ Video. 2017 World Wrestling Championships. 1/8 FS - 57 kg B. ERDENEBAT (MGL) df. S. ATLI (TUR) by VPO, 7-0. United World Wrestling. Internet Archive. Retrieved Mar 1, 2024.
  8. ^ 2017 World Wrestling Championships. 1/4 FS - 57 kg Y. TAKAHASHI (JPN) df. B. ERDENEBAT (MGL) by VPO1, 4-4. United World Wrestling.
  9. ^ 2017 World Wrestling Championships. B. ERDENEBAT (MGL) df. S. TOMAR (IND) by VSU, 10-0. United World Wrestling.
  10. ^ 2017 World Wrestling Championships. BRONZE FS - 57 kg: B. ERDENEBAT (MGL) df. V. DUBOV (BUL) by VPO1, 9-2. United World Wrestling.
  11. ^ Video. 2018 World Cup. Erdenebatyn_Bekhbayar (Mgl) vs Reineri Andreu Ortega (Cuba)
  12. ^ 2019 World Wrestling Championships. FS - 57 kg M. AMIRASLANOV (AZE) v. B. ERDENEBAT (MGL). United World Wrestling.
  13. ^ Video. 2019 Alany Tournament. Erdenebatyn_Bekhbayar (Mgl) vs Ramiz Gamzatov (Dagestan)

External links

Media related to Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar at Wikimedia Commons


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