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,[3] by defeating KazakhstanijudokaAskhat Zhitkeyev[4] (according to the old rules of judo, where it is allowed to a double & single leg takedowns,[5] the legs grab by hand,[6] similar to a freestyle wrestling).[7] On 14 August 2008, he was inducted as the state honoured athlete of Mongolia as well as a hero of labour.[8]
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.[9]
Also at the 2017 World Championships,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.[10] 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.[11]
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