Luvsansharavyn Tsend

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

Luvsansharavyn Tsend (Mongolian: Лувсаншаравын Цэнд, * 5 July 1940) is a former Mongolian speedskater, who competed at top international levels from 1964 to 1972, with best results in the longer distances.

Tsend participated in three Olympics, Innsbruck, 1964, Grenoble, 1968 and Sapporo, 1972, with a 24th place in the 1972 10,000-m his best result. His personal bests are 42.1 (500-m, 1971), 2:14.9 (1500-m, 1971), 7:59.8 (5000-m, 1969), 16:10.2 (10000-m, 1970). After his active competition days, Tsend has been involved with national-level coaching of speedskaters.

Tsend was the first person in Mongolia to be diagnosed with hemophilia.

External links

• Tsend is a front figure for World Hemophilia Day, 2011