Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar

In this Mongolian name, the given name is Bekhbayar. Erdenebatyn is a patronymic, not a family name.

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 with a score 3-3.^[2][3]

Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar

Bekhbayar at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Native name	Эрдэнэбатын Бэхбаяр
Nationality	Mongolian
Born	(1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 32) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Country	Mongolia
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	57 kg
Event	Freestyle
Club	Sport club of Ireedui Institute
Coached by	Avirmediin Enkhee
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	9th (2020)
World finals	(2015) (2017)
Regional finals	(2015) (2018)
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Mongolia World Championships 2017 Paris 57 kg 2015 Las Vegas 57 kg Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 57 kg Asian Championships 2015 Doha 57 kg Grand Prix 2024 Croatia 61kg Golden Grand Prix 2015 Krasnoyarsk 57 kg 2015 Baku 57 kg Takhti Cup 2018 Tabriz 57 kg Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament 2017 Russe 57 kg Alany Tournament 2019 Vladikavkas 57 kg Olympic Qualification Tournament 2021 Sofia 57 kg World Junior Championships 2012 Pattaya 55 kg Asian Cadets Championships 2009 Pune 50 kg

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

• Erdenebat Bekhbayar (MGL) vs Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov (KGZ), W 12–0;^[6]
• Erdenebat Bekhbayar (MGL) vs Süleyman Atlı (TUR), W 7–0;^[7]
• Erdenebat Bekhbayar (MGL) vs Yuki Takahashi (JPN), L 4-4;^[8]
• Erdenebat Bekhbayar (MGL) vs Sandeep Tomar (IND), W 10–0;^[9]
• Erdenebat Bekhbayar (MGL) vs Vladimir Dubov (BUL), W 9–2.;^[10]

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 - the reigning World champion Yuki Takahashi of Japan and Reza Atri of Iran.

Other facts

Bekhbayar also beat another strong opponents such as 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).