Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat ( mn, Цэнд-Аюушийн Очирбат; born November 19, 1974 in

Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...

) is a

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, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He held the 2005 Mongolian senior title in his own division, picked up a total of six medals in his career, including a silver from the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

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, and represented his nation

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

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, where he competed in the men's light-middleweight class (81 kg). He outlasted Burkina Faso's Salifou Koucka Ouiminga and Morocco's

Adil Belgaïd Adil Belgaïd (born 15 September 1970) is a Morocco, Moroccan judoka. Achievements External links

* 1970 births Living people Moroccan male judoka Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2 ...

in the prelims, before losing out the third match by a single leg takedown (

kuchiki taoshi is a single leg takedown in Judo adopted later by the Kodokan into their Shinmeisho No Waza (newly accepted techniques) list. It is categorized as a hand technique, Te-waza. Technique Description Kuchiki taoshi is sometimes translated as "de ...

) and an

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to Uruguay's Alvaro Paseyro. When South Korea hosted the

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, Ochirbat came up strong by chance for his first career gold medal in the 81-kg division, but had to satisfy with the silver after falling to Japan's Yuta Yazaki in the final match. At the

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, Ochirbat qualified for his second Mongolian squad in the men's middleweight class (90 kg), based on the nation's entry to the top 22 world rankings for his own category by the

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. Ochirbat opened his match with a more satisfying victory over Indonesia's three-time Olympic veteran

Krisna Bayu Krisna Bayu (born December 24, 1974, in Jakarta) is an Indonesian judoka, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He won the gold medal in the 100-kg division at the 2001 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, picked up a bronze in the ...

, before he received three penalties for passivity and fell behind in a 0–1 koka score against Brazilian judoka and 2000 Olympic bronze medalist Carlos Honorato at the end of the second round.

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* * 1974 births Living people Mongolian male judoka Olympic judoka for Mongolia Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1998 Asian Games Judoka at the 2002 Asian Games Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in judo Sportspeople from Ulaanbaatar Asian Games silver medalists for Mongolia Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 20th-century Mongolian people 21st-century Mongolian people {{Mongolia-judo-bio-stub