Tungalagiin Sanchir

Sanchir began playing basketball at a very young age and attended Bayangol District's High School #40. His very first basketball coach was the school's physical education teacher Mendsaikhan. Sanchir began going to coach Mendsaikhan's basketball training courses and fell in love with the sport. In his 8th grade, he was accepted into the school's basketball team and won many local and national tournaments.

In 2007, Sanchir received invitation to play for Otgontenger University, which had a strong basketball team. Sanchir accepted the offer and started playing for Otgontenger. Also at the same time, he began his semi-pro career with MBA's Tavan Tolgoi Trans Geiers under the leadership of Mongolian basketball coach Ts. Tseverbal. Tseverbal noticed Sanchir's potential when he played against his university team in the national championship. Before Sanchir's sophomore year started, coach Tseverbal invited him to play for his team, Institute of Trade Industry Geiers and the young man accepted. In his first year with the Geiers, they won the national college league title in 2008 and he was named the MVP. Sanchir also led various college tournaments in scoring and the Geiers were unstoppable force in college basketball.

At the 2014 Asian Games, Sanchir again led the Mongolian team in scoring. But this time, history was made. The Blue Wolves began the competition from the bottom stage - qualifying round. They were with Hong Kong, Maldives and Kuwait in Group A. In the first game against Hong Kong, Sanchir scored 31 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Mongolia beat Hong Kong 86–77. Then Mongolia had an easy win over Maldives 112–54, in which Sanchir played only 11 minutes and still finished with 10 points. Its final and most crucial game against Kuwait was important. Down by 1, Sanchir drove against Kuwait defenders and drew a foul. He made both shots and Mongolia was up by 1 with a few seconds remaining. On the last play of the game, Kuwait player shot the ball as time expired. The ball didn't go in, but a foul was called. Unfortunately, after a review, it was determined that there was no foul. Mongolia would lose a heart-breaking defeat but Sanchir led again with 23 points and 9 rebounds.

In the preliminary round, Mongolia first played against Jordan. No one thought Mongolia would even give a fight. But after trailing the first quarter 18–14, Mongolia outscored their opponent 69–53 in the last three quarters and had a historic win. It guaranteed Mongolia to advance to the quarter-finals for the first time ever. Sanchir had 19 points, 7 rebounds and teammate Bilguun Battuvshin led the team with 26 points and 10 rebounds. Against host country South Korea, Mongolia gave a good fight in the first half, trailing by only a point. But the big opponents were too strong at the end, Mongolia lost 90–67. Sanchir led all players with 24 points. After the game, South Korea's coach gave a lot of credit to Mongolia, especially to Sanchir and respect was earned.

In the quarter-final, Mongolia was pitted with China, Iran and Japan. Playing their 6th game in 5 days, the tired and under-manned Blue Wolves had no chance against China, losing by 41 points. Sanchir did his best with 15 points and 4 rebounds. Against Iran, coach Bayartsogt Odonbaatar rested Sanchir and Bilguun. Against Japan, Mongolia again lacked energy and lost by 26 points. Sanchir had 26 of the team's 70 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. In the Classification round, Mongolia first faced against Qatar and lost by only 9 points. Unfortunately, exhausted Sanchir had his worst game of the tournament, finishing with just 3 points. For the 7th place and final game of the tournament, Mongolia played against World Cup quality opponent Philippines. Besides leading the first quarter 21–18, Mongolia again couldn't close out the game and lost. Sanchir had 15 points and Bilguun led the team with 18 points.

Although Mongolia didn't win a medal, it was a historic run for the underdog nation. Mongolia was the 8th best team in Asia, finishing on top of Chinese Taipei, Kuwait, Jordan, and India.