Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar ( mn, Эрдэнэбатын Бэхбаяр; born 13 August 1992) 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, ...

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

who competes in the 57 kg division. He won a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games and bronze medals at the 2015 and 2017 world championships. He competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, where he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Adama Diatta. Bekhbayar took up wrestling in 2006. He was named the 2015 Mongolian Male Athlete of the Year.

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* * * 1992 births Living people World Wrestling Championships medalists Mongolian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Mongolia Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in wrestling Asian Games gold medalists for Mongolia Asian Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ulaanbaatar {{Mongolia-wrestling-bio-stub