Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar

In this Mongolian name, the given name is Naranbaatar. Bayaraagiin or Bayaraa is a patronymic, not a family name.

Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar

Personal information
Native name	Баяраа Наранбаатар
Nationality	Mongolia
Born	(1980-03-11) 11 March 1980 (age 45) Choibalsan, Dornod province, Mongolia
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country	Mongolia
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	55 kg
Event	Freestyle
Coached by	Battulga Byambajav Bayaraa Byambarinchin
Achievements and titles
World finals	(2005) (2007) 5th(2010)
Regional finals	(2004)
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing   Mongolia World Championships 2007 Baku 55 kg 2005 Budapest 55 kg World Cup 2002 Spokane 55 kg Asian Championships 2004 Tehran 55 kg Asian Cup 2003 Almaty 55 kg Summer Universiade 2005 Izmir 55 kg World University Championships 2006 Ulaanbaatar 55 kg Ali Aliyev Tournament 2010 Kaspisk 55 kg 2007 Kaspisk 55 kg Yasar Dogu Tournament 2010 Istanbul 55 kg 2009 Ankara 55 kg 2007 Ankara 55 kg 2006 Samsun 55 kg

Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (born 11 March 1980) is a male freestyle wrestler from Mongolia.

He was the winner of Men's freestyle wrestling 55 kg at 2005 Summer Universiade.

He participated in the Men's freestyle 55 kg at 2004 Summer Olympics where he was ranked at twelfth place. Naraanbaatar beat Babak Nourzad from Iran, but lost to Korean Kim Hyo-Sub and was eliminated from competition.

On December 1, 2007, Naranbaatar beat the reigning Russian World Champion Besik Kudukhov by score 2-0, 4-0 at the Open CSKA Cup held in Moscow, Russia. ^[1]

On Februar 8, 2008, at the Dave Schultz Memorial International held in Colorado Springs, USA, Naranbaatar won gold medal, although the competition included the strong world wrestlers such as 2004 Olympic silver medalist and 2003 Pan American Games Winner Stephen Abas of USA, bronze medalist of the 2007 World Championships Rizvan Gadzhiev of Belarus.

On June 20, 2008, at the Open Grand Prix of Germany Naranbaatar won gold medal, by defeating the current Asian Champion and 2008 Olympic silver medalist Tomohiro Matsunaga of Japan.

He participated in Men's freestyle 55 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 1/8th final he lost to Russian Besik Kudukhov by score 0-1, 0-1. ^[2]

Naranbaatar won silver medal in 2007 FILA Wrestling World Championships and bronze at 2005 FILA Wrestling World Championships.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost in the second round to Hassan Rahimi. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. "Борьба вольная. Борцы ЦСКА обыграли сборную мира", Добро пожаловать на Пески, December 02, 2007. Accessed November 23, 2025 (in Russian). "Бесик Кудухов встречается с Байраа Наранбаатром из Монголии. У этого Наранбаатра Бесик выигрывал уже на чемпионате мира в Баку. И встречались они тогда тоже в финале... Наранбаатру удается взять реванш за чемпионат мира и обыграть нашего армейца."
2. "BAYARAA Naranbaatar". Beijing 2008 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 August 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
3. "Men's 55kg Freestyle Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Olympic.org. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2013. Naranbaatar BAYARAA
4. "Naranbaatar BAYARAA". London 2012 Olympics. Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2016.

External links

• Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar at Olympedia
• Bayaraa, Naranbaatar at the International Wrestling Database
• Naranbaatar BAYARAA at Olympics.com