Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar Explained

Headercolor:	Gold
Native Name:	Эрдэнэбатын Бэхбаяр
Nationality:	Mongolian
Birth Date:	13 August 1992
Birth Place:	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Height:	160 cm
Country:	Mongolia
Sport:	Wrestling
Weight Class:	57 kg
Event:	Freestyle
Club:	Sport club of Ireedui Institute
Coach:	Avirmediin Enkhee
Worlds:	(2015) (2017)
Regionals:	(2015) (2018)
Olympics:	9th (2020)
Show-Medals:	yes

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.^{[2] [3]}

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 - Yuki Takahashi of Japan and Reza Atri of Iran.

Other facts

Bekhbayar also beat another strong opponents: 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).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . ocagames.com . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200203161810/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/112/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Wrestling_v1.0.pdf . 3 February 2020 . 18 May 2020 . "ERDENEBAT Bekhbayar".
2. Web site: ERDENEBAT Bekhbayar - Olympic Wrestling Mongolia . Rio2016.com . . 1 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922190926/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/bekhbayar-erdenebat . 22 September 2016 . dead.
3. Web site: Men's Freestyle 57 kg – Standings . Rio2016.com . . 1 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922183948/https://www.rio2016.com/en/wrestling-standings-wr-mens-freestyle-57-kg . 22 September 2016 . dead . "ERDENEBAT Bekhbayar".
4. Web site: ERDENEBAT Bekhbayar Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang . AsianGames2018.id . https://web.archive.org/web/20180820043801/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/ERDENEBAT-Bekhbayar-3028109/ . 20 August 2018.
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvfQM9siRaQ&list=PLWfeskasuOjCMS6a5TzxF4KJQInpvqwAM&index=60 2015 World Wrestling Championships. E. Bekhbayar vs S. Artas
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygvD9-BvJeM&list=PLaX_gzyhFNGZko_a3LjnLHFD6f3Pe0n8J&index=39 2017 World Wrestling Championships. Qual. FS - 57 kg: B. ERDENEBAT (MGL) df. U. ZHOLDOSHBEKO (KGZ) by VSU, 12-0. United World Wrestling.
7. https://archive.org/details/1-8-fs-57-kg-b.-erdenebat-mgl-df.-s.-atli-tur-by-vpo-7-0 Video. 2017 World Wrestling Championships. 1/8 FS - 57 kg B. ERDENEBAT (MGL) df. S. ATLI (TUR) by VPO, 7-0. United World Wrestling
8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8peTzERFLc 2017 World Wrestling Championships. 1/4 FS - 57 kg Y. TAKAHASHI (JPN) df. B. ERDENEBAT (MGL) by VPO1, 4-4. United World Wrestling.
9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ensy61xK454&list=PLaX_gzyhFNGZko_a3LjnLHFD6f3Pe0n8J&index=42 2017 World Wrestling Championships. B. ERDENEBAT (MGL) df. S. TOMAR (IND) by VSU, 10-0. United World Wrestling.
10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBhaRxVHggM&list=PLaX_gzyhFNGZko_a3LjnLHFD6f3Pe0n8J&index=43 2017 World Wrestling Championships. BRONZE FS - 57 kg: B. ERDENEBAT (MGL) df. V. DUBOV (BUL) by VPO1, 9-2. United World Wrestling.
11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtm8DilntCA Video. 2018 World Cup. Erdenebatyn_Bekhbayar (Mgl) vs Reineri Andreu Ortega (Cuba)
12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVSCjfQ77oA&list=PLaX_gzyhFNGZko_a3LjnLHFD6f3Pe0n8J&index=32 2019 World Wrestling Championships. FS - 57 kg M. AMIRASLANOV (AZE) v. B. ERDENEBAT (MGL). United World Wrestling.
13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEV9_N3_aj4 Video. 2019 Alany Tournament. Erdenebatyn_Bekhbayar (Mgl) vs Ramiz Gamzatov (Dagestan)