Tsendiin Damdin

In this Mongolian name, the given name is Damdin. Tsendiin is a patronymic, not a family name.

Tsendiin Damdin (Mongolian: Цэндийн Дамдин; 31 March 1957 – 22 February 2018) was a Mongolian wrestler who represented his country in sambo and judo. At the 1980 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's Half Lightweight (‍–‍65 kg) category.

Tsendiin Damdin

Personal information
Born	31 March 1957 Bayan-Adarga sum, Khentii Province, Mongolian People’s Republic
Died	22 February 2018(2018-02-22) (aged 60)[1]
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Mongolia
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍65 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(1980)
World Champ.	R16 (1983)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Mongolia Olympic Games 1980 Moscow ‍–‍65 kg Men's sambo World Championships 1979 Madrid ‍–‍68 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	54220
JudoInside.com	5558
Updated on 19 June 2023

At the 1980 Olympics in the final against the reigning world champion Nikolay Solodukhin of Soviet Union, Tsendiin Damdin scored one yuko, Solodukhin also by that time scored one yuko, then at the 7th minute with the score tied Damdin received a shido (penalty), which automatically brought to Soviet wrestler a score koka and the victory according to the old rules of judo.^[2][3]

In 1979 he won a winner title at World Sambo Championships in lightweight category. At the 1978 International Judo Tournament in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, he won the reigning Olympic champion Héctor Rodríguez of Cuba by yuko.^[4]