Batjargalyn Odkhüü ( mn, Батжаргалын Одхүү; born March 11, 1977, in Bayankhutag, Khentii) is a

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

n judoka, who competed in the men's half-heavyweight category. He picked up a bronze medal in the 100-kg division at the

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, and represented his nation

in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). Batjargal made his official debut at the

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in Sydney, where he competed in the men's middleweight class (90 kg). He lost his opening match to neighboring China's Xu Zhiming, who successfully scored an

ippon is the highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon-wazari'' contest, usually kendo, judo, karate or jujitsu. In Judo In Judo, an ippon may be scored for a throw, a pin, a choke or a jointlock. For throws, the four ...

and threw him down the

tatami A is a type of mat used as a flooring material in traditional Japanese-style rooms. Tatamis are made in standard sizes, twice as long as wide, about 0.9 m by 1.8 m depending on the region. In martial arts, tatami are the floor used for traini ...

with a

seoi nage is a shoulder throw, one of the traditional forty throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group, Dai Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Thro ...

(shoulder throw) at two minutes and six seconds. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, Batjargal qualified for his second Mongolian squad in the men's half-heavyweight class (100 kg), by placing fifth and receiving a berth from the

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. Batjargal failed to edge past the first round after losing out in a fifty-five-second match by an

defeat and an inner thigh throw ( uchi mata) to Georgia's Iveri Jikurauli.

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* * 1977 births Living people Mongolian male judoka Olympic judoka of Mongolia Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics 20th-century Mongolian people 21st-century Mongolian people {{Mongolia-judo-bio-stub