Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar

Bekhbayar at the 2018 Asian Games

Personal information

Native name

Эрдэнэбатын Бэхбаяр

Nationality

Mongolian

Born

13 August 1992 (age 31)
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Height

160 cm (5 ft 3 in)

Sport

Country

Mongolia

Sport

Wrestling

Weight class

57 kg

Event

Freestyle

Club

Sport club of Ireedui Institute

Coached by

Avirmediin Enkhee

Achievements and titles

Olympic finals

9th (2020)

World finals

(2015)

(2017)

Regional finals

(2015)

(2018)

Medal record

Men's freestyle wrestling

Representing Mongolia
World Championships
	2017 Paris	57 kg
	2015 Las Vegas	57 kg
Asian Games
	2018 Jakarta	57 kg
Asian Championships
	2015 Doha	57 kg
Takhti Cup
	2018 Tabriz	57 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
	2017 Russe	57 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
	2015 Krasnoyarsk	57 kg
Alany Tournament
	2019 Vladikavkas	57 kg
Olympic Qualification Tournament
	2021 Sofia	57 kg
World Junior Championships
	2012 Pattaya	55 kg
Asian Cadets Championships
	2009 Pune	50 kg

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: 1. Gold medal - Vladimer Khinchegashvili, Georgia; 2. Silver medal - Hassan Rahimi, Iran; 3. Bronze medal - Erdenebatyn 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;
Erdenebat Bekhbayar (MGL) vs Süleyman Atlı (TUR), W 7–0;^[6]
Erdenebat Bekhbayar (MGL) vs Yuki Takahashi (JPN), L 4-4;^[7]
Erdenebat Bekhbayar (MGL) vs Sandeep Tomar (IND), W 10–0;
Erdenebat Bekhbayar (MGL) vs Vladimir Dubov (BUL), W 9–2.;^[8]

Medalists: 1. Gold medal - Yuki Takahashi, Japan; 2. Silver medal - Thomas Gilman, (United States); 3. Bronze medal - Andriy Yatsenko of Ukraine and Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar of Mongolia.

Bekhbayar also beat another strong opponents: the 2018 Pan American Champion and the 2017 U23 World Champion Reineri Andreu Ortega (the 2018 World Cup), the 2019 European Games champion Mahir Amiraslanov^[9] (the 2019 World Wrestling Championships), the 2019 Russian Championships winner Ramiz Gamzatov (the 2019 Alany Tournament).