Davaadorjiin Tömörkhüleg (born 29 September 1990,

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 Mongolian

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who competes in the men's -66 kg category. He is a two-time winner of the Asian Championship, in 2013 and 2014, along with bronze medals in 2015 and 2016. He had previously won a silver at the 2011 Asian Championships in the -60 kg division. He also won two silver medals in the -60 kg division at World Junior Championships in 2008 and 2009. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, he was defeated in the second round of the Men's -60 kg event by eventual bronze medalist

Felipe Kitadai Felipe Kitadai (born July 28, 1989) is a judoka from Brazil. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold at the 2011 Pan American Games. He also won gold medals six consecutive times in the Pan American Games Judo Championships: at 20 ...

. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he had moved up to the men's half-lightweight (-66 kg) division. In Rio, he beat Sulaiman Hamad and Houd Zourdani before losing to eventual gold medalist Fabio Basile in the quarterfinals. Because his opponent reached the final, Tömörkhüleg was entered into the repechage. He lost his match in the repechage to Antoine Bouchard.

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* * 1990 births Living people Mongolian male judoka Olympic judoka of Mongolia Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Mongolia Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Sportspeople from Ulaanbaatar 20th-century Mongolian people 21st-century Mongolian people {{Mongolia-judo-bio-stub