Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar

Tuvshinbayar Naidan (Mongolian: Найдангийн Түвшинбаяр 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.

In this Mongolian name, the given name is Tuvshinbayar. Naidan is a patronymic, not a family name.
Tuvshinbayar Naidan
Personal information
Native nameНайдангийн Түвшинбаяр
Nationality Mongolia
Born (1984-06-01) 1 June 1984[1]
Saikhan sum, Bulgan Province, Mongolia
OccupationJudoka
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight115 kg (254 lb)
Sport
Country Mongolia
SportJudo
Weight class–100 kg, +100 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.Bronze (2017)
Asian Champ.Gold (2014, 2016)
Olympic GamesGold (2008)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Mongolia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 London ‍–‍100 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Astana Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest +100 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon ‍–‍100 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tashkent ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2007 Kuwait City ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Jeju ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2012 Paris ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Paris ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tokyo ‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2013 Jeju ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Qingdao ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hohhot +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Jeju ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Hohhot +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Düsseldorf ‍–‍100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF1544
JudoInside.com43486
Updated on 25 May 2023.

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.[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
  1. London 2012 Olympics.com
  2. 2006 Asian Games profile
  3. "Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar". Olympics.com. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. Tüvshinbayar wins gold Archived 2008-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Hero of labor". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
  6. UB Post
  7. Shefferd, Neil. "Mongolia National Olympic Committee President Tüvshinbayar jailed for 20 days for assault". Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  8. "Mongolian top Olympian sentenced 16 years in prison for murder - News.MN". News.MN. 9 June 2022.


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