Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar
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| Native name | Найдангийн Түвшинбаяр | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Mongolia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 June 1984[1] 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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| Profile at external databases | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IJF | 1544 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 43486 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 25 May 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuvshinbayar Naidan (Template:Lang-mn born 1 June 1984) is a former professional Mongolian judoka. He is the 2008 Olympic Champion, 2012 Olympic silver medalist, 2014 Asian games champion, 2017 Budapest Bronze medalist, 2016 Asian championship 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.
Olympic career
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 (according to the old rules of judo, where it is allowed to double & single leg takedowns and the legs grab by hand).[4] On 14 August 2008, he was inducted as the state honoured athlete of Mongolia as well as a hero of labour.[5]
At 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.[6] Also at the 2017 Budapest,he won a bronze medal became the Olympics,World Championships multimedalist.
Assault and jailing
In April 2021, Tüvshinbayar was jailed for 20 days following a drunken assault on Erdenebileg Enkhbat, who was a childhood friend.[7] 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.[8]
References
- ^ London 2012 Olympics.com
- ^ 2006 Asian Games profile
- ^ "Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar". Olympics.com. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ Tüvshinbayar wins gold Archived 2008-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Hero of labor". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
- ^ UB Post
- ^ Shefferd, Neil. "Mongolia National Olympic Committee President Tüvshinbayar jailed for 20 days for assault". Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Mongolian top Olympian sentenced 16 years in prison for murder - News.MN". News.MN. 9 June 2022.
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 Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar at The-Sports.org
- Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar on Facebook
1972–1976: –93 kg • 1980–1996: –95 kg • 2000–: –100 kg | |
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from Bulgan Province
- Mongolian male judoka
- Olympic judoka for Mongolia
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Mongolia
- Olympic silver medalists for Mongolia
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in judo
- Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games
- Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games
- Judoka at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Mongolia
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Judoka at the 2018 Asian Games
- Mongolian criminals
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