Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal ( mn, Цогтбазарын Энхжаргал; born April 6, 1981 in Erdenebüren sum, Khovd aimag) is an amateur Mongolian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the women's flyweight category. Between 2001 and 2011, Enkhjargal had won a total of six medals (two golds, three silver, and one bronze) for the 46, 48, and 51 kg classes at the

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. She also captured three bronze medals in the same division at the

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), and at the

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. Enkhjargal made her official debut for the

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, where she placed second in the preliminary pool of the women's 48 kg class, against France's

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, and Guinea-Bissau's

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. Tsogtbazar, however, lost to Germany's Brigitte Wagner in the quarterfinal match, with a score of 0–3. Four years after competing in her last Olympics, Enkhjargal qualified for her second Mongolian team, as a 27-year-old, at the

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, by claiming the gold medal in the flyweight division from the

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. Enkhjargal received a bye for the second preliminary round of the women's 48 kg class, before she was pinned by Ukrainian wrestler and Olympic bronze medalist Iryna Merleni.

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Profile – International Wrestling Database
1981 births Living people Mongolian female sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Mongolia Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in wrestling People from Khovd Province World Wrestling Championships medalists Asian Games bronze medalists for Mongolia Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Mongolian women {{Mongolia-wrestling-bio-stub