Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar

Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar
Personal information
Native name
Баяраа Наранбаатар
Nationality Mongolia
Born (1980-03-11) 11 March 1980
Choibalsan, Dornod province, Mongolia
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country Mongolia
SportWrestling
Weight class
55 kg
Event
Freestyle
Coached byBattulga Byambajav Bayaraa Byambarinchin
Achievements and titles
World finals
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2005)

2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2007)

5th(2010)
Regional finals
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2004)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Mongolia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2007 Baku55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2005 Budapest55 kg
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2002 Spokane55 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place2004 Tehran55 kg
Asian Cup
Bronze medal – third place2003 Almaty55 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place2005 Izmir55 kg
World University Championships
Silver medal – second place2006 Ulaanbaatar55 kg
Ali Aliyev Tournament
Silver medal – second place2010 Kaspisk55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2007 Kaspisk55 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Silver medal – second place2010 Istanbul55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2009 Ankara55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2007 Ankara55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2006 Samsun55 kg

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

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

He participated in the Men's freestyle 55 kg at the 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.

He beat the reigning Russian World, European and Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin′s Champion Besik Kudukhov by a score 2-0, 4-0 at the Open CSKA Cup which was held 1 December 2007 in Moscow, Russia.[1][2][3]

Naranbaatar won a gold medal at the 2008 Dave Schultz Memorial International which was held February 8–10, 2008, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, his final match against 2007 World Championships medalist Rizvan Gadzhiev from Belarus, which he took the 0-1, 1-0, 1-0 victory, was voted as one of the best matches of the tournament, and 2004 Olympic medalist Stephen Abas of USA finished third.[4]

Naranbaatar won the gold medal at the 2008 Open Grand Prix of Germany which was held 20 June 2008 in Dortmund, Germany, by defeating the reigning Asian Champion and 2008 Olympic silver medalist Tomohiro Matsunaga of Japan.[5]

He participated in Men's freestyle 55 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 1/8th final he lost to Russian Besik Kudukhov by the score 0-1, 0-1.[6]

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

He won the 2012 Olympic Qualification Tournament which was held 4 Маy 2012 in Helsinki, Finland, including the matches against 2010 World Cup champion Vladislav Andreev оf Belarus with the score of 2-0, 1-0, and 2010 European champion Makhmud Magomedov оf Azerbaijan with the score of 0-1, 2-0, 4-1.[7][8][9][10]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost in the second round to Hassan Rahimi from Iran.[11][12]

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."[Besik Kudukhov faces Bayraa Naranbaatr from Mongol. Besik had already beaten Naranbaatr at the World Championships in Baku. They also met in the finals back then... Naranbaatr manages to get rematch and won our CSKA player.]
  2. ↑ "Сильнее клуба нет пока, чем борцовский ЦСКА", Красная Звезда, December 04, 2007. Accessed Мay 16, 2026 (in Russian). "В первой схватке (весовая категория до 55 кг) чемпион мира-2007 Бесик Кудухов проиграл в двух периодах вице-чемпиону мира-2007 монголу Байарау Наранбаатару."[In the first match (55 kg division), 2007 world champion Besik Kudukhov lost to 2007 world vice-champion Mongolian Bayarau Naranbaatar in two rounds.]
  3. ↑ WATCH THE VIDEO. Besik Kudukhov vs. Naranbaatar Bayaraa, YouTube
  4. ↑ Angel Cejudo, Trent Paulson storm to titles at Dave Schultz International, USA Wrestling
  5. ↑ "Grand Prix of Germany". United World Wrestling. Archived from the original on 18 November 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ Olympic Qualification Tournament, Freestyle Seniors, 2012-05-04, Helsinki (FIN), 55.0 kg, United World Wrestling.
  8. ↑ “БАРАНКА” ИЗ ХЕЛЬСИНКИ, Прессбол, May 7, 2012. "Андреев ... уступил будущему победителю Наранбаатару Баяраа (Монголия) — 0:2, 0:1."[Andreev ... lost to the eventual winner Naranbaatar Bayaraa (Mongol) - 0:2, 0:1.]
  9. ↑ Магомедов остановился в шаге от олимпийской лицензии (ОБНОВЛЕНО), Azerisport.com, May 4, 2012. "азербайджанский спортсмен Махмуд Магомедов ... уступил Наранбаатару Баяраа (Монголия) - 1:0, 0:2, 1:4."[Azerbaijani athlete Mahmud Magomedov ... lost to Naranbaatar Bayaraa (Mongol) - 1:0, 0:2, 1:4.]
  10. ↑ WATCH THE VIDEO. Mahmud Mehemmedov AZE - Naranbaatar Bayara MGL, YouTube.
  11. ↑ "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
  12. ↑ "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.
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