Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar

Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar

Personal information
Nationality	Mongol
Born	19 March 1984[1] Baruunturuun, Mongolia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Medal record Men's Judo Representing  Mongolia Olympic Games 2004 Athens 60 kg World Championships 2009 Rotterdam 66 kg 2010 Tokyo 66 kg 2015 Astana Teams World Masters 2011 Baku 66kg 2013 Tyumen 73kg Grand Slam Tokyo 2013 -81kg Grand Slam Paris 2013 73kg Grand Prix Astana 2014 73kg Asian Games 2006 Doha 66 kg Asian Championships 2003 Jeju 60 kg 2005 Tashkent 66 kg 2007 Kuwait City 66 kg 2008 Jeju City 66 kg 2011 Abu Dhabi 66 kg 2004 Almaty 60 kg East Asian Championships 2006 Ulan Bator 66 kg Universiade 2003 Daegu 60 kg Men's Sambo World Sambo Championships 2013 74 kg[2]

Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar (Mongolian: Хашбаатарын Цагаанбаатар) is the single medal winner from Mongolia at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in judo.^[3] He became the first Mongolian to win the gold medal at the World Judo Championships in Rotterdam in 2009.

He also took gold medal in the 2006 Asian Games.

Recently he also won a gold medal at the 2007 New York Open in the under-66 kg weight division. He won with a traditional technique, the kata guruma (shoulder wheel).

References

1. "Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar". BBC Olympics 2012.
2. Д.Сумъяа самбо бөхийн дэлхийн хошой аварга боллоо (Mongolian)
3. "Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.

External links

• "Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar" at JudoInside.com
• "Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar" at JudoVision.org at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 February 2012)
• "Tsagaanbaatar KHASHBAATAR" at the London 2012 Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 April 2013)