Luvsansharavyn Tsend

In this Mongolian name, the given name is Tsend. Luvsansharav is a patronymic, not a family name.

Luvsansharavyn Tsend (Mongolian: Лувсаншаравын Цэнд, 11 July 1940 – 21 August 2023) was a Mongolian speedskater, who competed at top international levels from 1964 to 1972, with best results in the longer distances.^[1][2]

Tsend participated in three Olympics, Innsbruck, 1964, Grenoble, 1968 and Sapporo, 1972, with a 24th place in the 1972 10,000-m his best result. His personal best times were 42.1 (500-m, 1971), 2:14.9 (1500-m, 1971), 7:59.8 (5000-m, 1969), 16:10.2 (10000-m, 1970). Following his active competition days, Tsend had been coaching national-level speedskaters.

Tsend was the first person in Mongolia to be diagnosed with hemophilia.