Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar

This is a Mongolian name. The given name is Tüvshinbayar, and the name Naidan is a patronymic, not a family name. The subject should be referred to by the given name.

Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar

Personal information
Nationality	Mongol
Born	(1984-06-01) 1 June 1984 Saikhan sum, Bulgan Province, Mongolia,
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Medal record Representing Mongolia Men's Judo Olympic Games 2008 Beijing -100kg 2012 London -100kg World Championships 2015 Astana Teams Asian Games 2014 Incheon -100 kg Asian Championships 2016 Tashkent City -100 kg 2007 Kuwait City -100 kg 2008 Jeju City -100 kg 2011 Abu Dhabi -100 kg

Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar (Mongolian: Найдангийн Түвшинбаяр) is a Mongolian judoka. He is the 2008 Olympic Champion, 2012 Olympic silver medalist, 2014 Asian games champion, 2015 World Bronze medalist, 2016 Asian championship Gold medalist, 2007 silver medalist and two-time (2008,2011) bronze medalist in -100 kg division.

At the 2006 Asian Games he finished in joint fifth place in both the heavyweight (-100 kg) division and the open weight class division.

In the same division, he won a gold medal at the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing. He was the first Mongolian ever to win a gold medal at the Olympics, by defeating Kazakhstani judoka Askhat Zhitkeyev. On the 14th of August, 2008, he was inducted as the state honored athlete of Mongolia as well as hero of labor.

In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won a silver medal, becoming the first Olympic multimedalist from Mongolia. He won his silver medal despite suffering a serious injury in the semifinal bout.

He currently resides in Ulaanbaatar.