Native Name: | Хашбаатарын Цагаанбаатар |
Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar | |
Birth Date: | 19 March 1984 |
Birth Place: | Baruunturuun, Mongolia |
Height: | 1.72 m |
Country: | Mongolia |
Sport: | Judo, sambo |
Weight Class: | 60 kg, 66 kg, 73 kg |
Olympics Rank: | 3 |
Olympics Year: | 2004 |
Olympics Weight: | Men's 60 kg |
Worlds Rank: | 1 |
Worlds Year: | 2009 |
Regionals Type: | AS |
Regionals Rank: | 1 |
Regionals Year: | 2003 |
Regionals Year2: | 2005 |
Regionals Year3: | 2006 |
Regionals Weight3: | Men's 66 kg |
Nationals: | (2005, 2011) |
Updated: | 30 May 2023 |
Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar (Mongolian: Хашбаатарын Цагаанбаатар, born 19 March 1984) is the single medal winner from Mongolia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in judo at the men's 60 kg event.[1] He became the first Mongolian to win a gold medal at the World Judo Championships, doing so in Rotterdam 2009.
Khashbaataryn also took gold medal in the 2006 Asian Games.
Khashbaataryn also won a gold medal at the 2007 New York Open in the 66 kg weight division. He won with a traditional technique, the kata guruma (shoulder wheel).