Ganbaataryn Gankhuyag

Ganbaataryn Gankhuyag (Mongolian: Ганбаатарын Ганхуяг, born 16 March 1996) is a Mongolian freestyle wrestler. He won the bronze medal in the men's freestyle 97 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.^[1]

Ganbaataryn Gankhuyag

Personal information
Native name	Ганбаатарын Ганхуяг
Born	(1996-03-16) March 16, 1996 (age 29) Bulgan, Khovd Province, Mongolia
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country	Mongolia
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Weight class	97 kg
Event	Freestyle
Medal record Representing  Mongolia Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou 97 kg Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 Astana 92 kg 2019 Xi'an 86 kg World Military Championships 2024 Yerevan 97 kg World U23 Championships 2018 Bucharest 86 kg Asian U23 Championships 2019 Ulaanbaatar 86 kg

Career

Gankhuyag placed eighth at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships. He has won three bronze medals at the Asian Wrestling Championships: in 2019 (86 kg), 2023 (92 kg), and in 2022 at the Asian Games (97 kg).^[2]

He also won bronze medals at the 2024 World Military Wrestling Championships in Yerevan and at both the 2018 U23 World Wrestling Championships in Bucharest and 2019 Asian U23 Wrestling Championships in Ulaanbaatar.