Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar ( mn, Хашбаатарын Цагаанбаатар) is the single medal winner from

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, ...

at the

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. He won a

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. He became the first Mongolian to win the gold medal at the World Judo Championships in Rotterdam in 2009. Tsagaanbaatar is also the older brother of

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quarterback Naimanzuunnadintsetseg Tsagaanbaatar. He also took gold medal in the

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. Recently he also won a gold medal at the 2007 New York Open in the under-66 kg weight division. He won with a traditional technique, the

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(shoulder wheel).

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* * * * Mongolian male judoka Olympic judoka of Mongolia 1984 births Living people People from Uvs Province Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Mongolia Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in judo World judo champions Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Mongolia Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade medalists in judo Sambo practitioners at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade bronze medalists for Mongolia Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade 20th-century Mongolian people 21st-century Mongolian people {{Mongolia-judo-bio-stub