Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (also ''Gelegjamts Usukhbayar'', mn, Гэлэгжамцын Өсөхбаяр; born December 13, 1973, in Battsengel sum, Arkhangai aimag) is a retired amateur Mongolian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's super heavyweight category. Considered one of Mongolia's top wrestlers in his decade, Gelegjamts has claimed a bronze medal at the

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, picked up the 130-kg title at the

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, and also represented his nation

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at the

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. Gelegjamts highlighted his sporting career at the

, where he grappled his way over Kazakhstan's

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to fetch the bronze medal in the 130-kg division at 1–7. Though he missed a chance to compete the Olympics in 2000, Gelegjamts outclassed Iran's

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in their final match to clinch his first ever gold in front of the home crowd at the

. Gelegjamts' sporting success continued to thrive at the World Championships and the

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, but finished outside of medals. At the

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, Gelegjamts qualified for his first Mongolian squad, as a 30-year-old, in the men's 120 kg class. Earlier in the process, he received a berth and rounded out the tenth spot in the super heavyweight category from the

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. He opened the prelim pool with a comfortable 7–0 victory over Belarus'

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, but fell to his Iranian rival and eventual Olympic silver medalist

in their rematch 0–3 in overtime. Gelegjamts was haplessly pinned by Bulgaria's Bozhidar Boyadzhiev on his third match within three minutes, dropping him to third in the pool and placing twelfth in the final standings.

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* 1973 births Living people Mongolian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Mongolia Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1998 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in wrestling People from Battsengel Asian Games bronze medalists for Mongolia Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 20th-century Mongolian people 21st-century Mongolian people {{Mongolia-wrestling-bio-stub