Buyanjav Batzorig (born March 9, 1983) is a former Olympian freestyle wrestler and a Mongolian national wrestling team coach. Since January 2017, he has been working as coach. As a wrestler he participated in Men's freestyle 66 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. In the 1/16 of final he beat

Heinrich Barnes Heinrich Barnes (born 12 December 1986, in Pretoria) is a male freestyle wrestler from South Africa. He participated in Men's freestyle 66 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the 1/16 of final losing to Mongolian Buyanjavyn Batzor ...

, but in the 1/8 of final he was eliminated by

Irbek Farniev Irbek Farniev (born January 12, 1980, in Vladikavkaz) is a male freestyle wrestler from Russia. He participated in Men's freestyle 66 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. After winning two fights he was eliminated in the 1/4 of final losing with Leonid S ...

from

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. Batzorig won a gold medal during the

2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

. Also, Batzorig won a gold medal during the 2006 World University Championships.

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Wrestler bio on beijing2008.com
Living people 1983 births Olympic wrestlers for Mongolia Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games Mongolian male sport wrestlers Asian Games bronze medalists for Mongolia Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Mongolian people 21st-century Mongolian people {{Mongolia-wrestling-bio-stub