Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel (; born 4 January 1998) is a Mongolian
wrestler
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. He won the silver medal in the
men's 125kg event at the
2022 World Wrestling Championships
The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.
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held in Belgrade, Serbia, where Lkhagvagerel defeated the World Champion
Geno Petriashvili 4-2. His father Munkhtur was a wrestler in Mongolia.
He competed in the
2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
.
In 2022, he won the silver medal in his event at the
Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.
He won the gold medal in his event at the
2023 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Astana, Kazakhstan.
He competed at the
2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and he earned a quota place for Mongolia for the
2024 Summer Olympics
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in Paris, France.
He competed in the
men's freestyle 125kg event at the Olympics.
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Living people
1998 births
Mongolian male sport wrestlers
Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic wrestlers for Mongolia
World Wrestling Championships medalists
21st-century Mongolian sportsmen
Wrestlers at the 2022 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in wrestling
Asian Games silver medalists for Mongolia
Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
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