Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar


Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar is a Mongolian freestyle wrestler who competes in the 57 kg division. He won a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games and bronze medals at the 2015 and 2017 world championships. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Adama Diatta with a score 3-3.
Bekhbayar took up wrestling in 2006. He was named the 2015 Mongolian Male Athlete of the Year.

World Championships Results

1. The 2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 57 kg
Medalists:
2. The 2017 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 57 kg
Medalists:
  • Gold medal - Yuki Takahashi of Japan;
  • Silver medal - Thomas Gilman of United States;
  • Bronze medal - Andriy Yatsenko of Ukraine and Erdenebat Bekhbayar of Mongolia.

Results of Asian Games

The 2018 Asian Games - Men's freestyle 57 kg

Other facts

Bekhbayar also beat another strong opponents such as the 2018 Pan American Champion and the 2017 U23 World Champion Reineri Andreu Ortega, the 2019 European Games champion Mahir Amiraslanov, the 2019 Russian Championships winner Ramiz Gamzatov.