Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter

Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Mongolia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1968 Mexico 70 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1970 Edmonton74 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place1974 Tehran74 kg
Tbilisi International Tournament
Gold medal – first place1968 Tbilisi70 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
Gold medal – first place1968 Sofia70 kg

Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (Mongolian: Данзандаржаагийн Сэрээтэр; born April 23, 1943) is a retired Mongolian wrestler. Sereeter was born in Lün sum, Töv Province. The 1968 Olympic and 1970 World Championships bronze medalist, the holder of the State Hawk title in the mongolian traditional wrestling.[1][2] The undefeated 1971 World Championships wrestler.[3]

Sereeter wrestled for the Mongolian national team from 1962 to 1973. He was the Mongolian national champion from 1963 to 1969.[4]

In 1964, during the USSR vs. Mongolia dual meet, Sereeter wrestled to the draw against the reigning USSR national champion Elkan Tedeev.[5]

He competed at the 1964 Olympics in the men's freestyle lightweight category.[6]

He won the gold medal at the 1965 Socialist Bloc military championship, defeating Bulgaria′s Dimitrov in the final.[7]

Sereeter took the Tbilisi International Tournament which was held 23-25 February 1968 in USSR, by defeating 1964 Olympic medalist and two-time Tbilisi International Tournament champion Nodar Khokhashvili by fall in the final.[8][9]

He won the gold medal at the Bulgarian Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament which was held 19-22 April 1986 in Sevlievo, wrestled to the draw against 1964 Olympic champion Enyu Valchev in the final.[10]

At the 1968 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's freestyle lightweight category.[6]

In 1968, he was inducted as the Honored Athlete of Mongolia.[11]

At the 1970 World Championships Sereeter received the bronze medal in the men's Freestyle 74 kg.[12]

At the 1971 World Championships he earned the sixth place in the men's Freestyle 74 kg according to the negative points system, with the draw against the World Championships silver medalist Mohammad Farhangdoust and wins over the 1968 Olympic medalist and 1967 World champion Daniel Robin, Yosuke Nagano who beat the eventual World champion Yury Gusov, 1969 European Championships silver medalist Wolfgang Nitschke, and 1971 World Championships bronze medalist Ludovic Ambruș, leaving the tournament undefeated.[13][14][15][16]

He competed at the 1972 Olympics in the men's freestyle 74 kg.[6]

At the 1974 Asian Games Sereeter received the silver medal in the men's freestyle 74 kg.[17]

He participated periodically in the congresses of the Mongolian Wrestling Federation, dedicated to the problems of developing Olympic wrestling in the country, together with the best Mongolian wrestlers of the next generation, such as Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran, Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar, Pürevjavyn Önörbat, Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga and so on.[18]

On 2 Februar 2026, he was inducted as the Hero of Labour of Mongolia.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Д.СЭРЭЭТЭР БАГШИЙН "НАРИЙН СУРЫН АМТ”-ЫГ МАРТДАГГҮЙ, Ergelt, February 26, 2026. Accessed May 13, 2026 (in Mongolian). "Монгол Улсын үндэсний бөхийн улсын харцага цолтой" [With a State Hawk title of traditional wrestling in Mongolia]
  3. ↑ "Ringer-Weltmeisterschaften 1971 in Sofia" [1971 World Wrestling Championships in Sofia]. Athletik (in German). Karlsruhe: Athletik-Verl. October 1971. ISSN 0938-8621.
  4. ↑ Олимп: Монголын баг тамирчидын олимпод үзүүлж байсан амжилтуудаас, Gogo, May 16, 2008. Accessed May 12, 2026 (in Mongolian). "1962-1973 онд Чөлөөт бөхийн улсын шигшээ багийн гишүүн байсан."[He was a national team′s member from 1962 to 1973]
  5. ↑ Булычев, Ю. (1965). ′′Крылья сокола′′ [Falcon's Wings]: ...1964 год... В Улан-Батор прилетает сборная РСФСР... диктор объявил, что соперником монгольского борца будет чемпион СССР Елкан Тедеев... Но сколько не нападал Тедеев..., Сэрээтэр не попадался на прием... Почетная ничья [...1964... The RSFSR national team arrived in Ulaanbaatar... the announcer declared that the Mongolian wrestler's opponent would be USSR national champion Yelkan Tedeyev... But no matter how hard Tedeyev attacked..., Sereeter did not fall for any of his moves... The honorable draw.] (in Russian). Moсква: Советский спорт. p. 6.
  6. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  7. ↑ Булычев, Ю. (1965). ′′Крылья сокола′′ [Falcon's Wings] (in Russian). Москва: Советский спорт. p. 6.
  8. ↑ Тотоонти, И. Х. (1997). ′′Всё о вольной борьбе′′ [All about freestyle wrestling]: ...Лауреатами "малого чемпионата мира" стали: А. Хейдари (Иран), П. Малян (СССР), Е. Тодоров (Болгария), Д. Сэрэтэр (Монголия), Ю. Шахмурадов, А. Цховребов, В. Гулюткин (все СССР), В. Василев (Болгария) [The laureates of the “small world championship” were: A. Heydari (Iran), P. Malyan (USSR), E. Todorov (Bulgaria), D. Sereter (Mongol), Y. Shakhmuradov, A. Tskhovrebov, V. Gulyutkin (all USSR), V. Vasilev (Bulgaria)] (in Russian). Vladikavkaz: Project-Press. p. 75.
  9. ↑ Тбилисский турнир, Wrest.Info, December 10, 2014 (in Russian). "1968... 70 кг 1. Д. Сэрэтер (Монголия) 2. Нодар Хохашвили (чисто проиграл монголу) 3. Умар Шавлохов (Москва) - не проиграл ни одной"[1968... 70 kg 1. D. Sereter (Mongol) 2. Nodar Khokashvili (lost to Mongolian by fall) 3. Umar Shavlokhov (Moscow) - undefeated]
  10. ↑ Бямбадорж, Т. (1968). ′′Три игры мужей′′ [Three men's games]: ... в международных соревнованиях ... Болгарии ... Сэрэтэр сделал ничью с чемпионом мира, Европы и Олимпийских игр болгарином Еню Вылчевым и в итоге опередил его... [.. in international competitions ... Bulgaria ... Sereter drew with the Bulgarian World, European, and Olympic champion Enyu Valchev and ultimately finished ahead of him...] (in Russian). Москва: Советский спорт. p. 7.
  11. ↑ Д.СЭРЭЭТЭР БАГШИЙН "НАРИЙН СУРЫН АМТ”-ЫГ МАРТДАГГҮЙ, Ergelt, February 26, 2026. Accessed May 13, 2026 (in Mongolian). "1968 онд Монгол Улсын гавъяат тамирчин цол хүртсэн" [In 1968, he received the Honored Athlete title of Mongolia.]
  12. ↑ "World Championship". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "World Championship". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Wrestling at the 1960 Roma Summer Games", Sports-Reference, September 28, 2018. Accessed December 22, 2025. "The tournament was ... conducted by a negative (bad) point system... Scoring was as follows\: win by fall continued to be worth 0 points, win by decision continued to be worth 1 point, draw continued to be worth 2 points, loss by decision continued to be worth 3 points, and loss by fall continued to be worth 4 points. Wrestlers were eliminated when they accumulated 6 negative (bad) points"
  15. ↑ "Монголоо алдаршуулсан олимпийн баатрууд", Montsame, September 28, 2018. Accessed December 22, 2025 (in Моngolian). "1971 оны ДАШТ-д нэг ч ялагдаагүй боловч VI байрт орсон. Тэр үед /карма/ халаасны оноо гэж байсан. Энэ шүүлтийн дүрмээр байр ухарсан юм.[Finished 6th without losing a single match at the 1971 World Championships. At that time, there was a system of pocket points. According to these rules, ratings were lowered in the ranking.]
  16. ↑ 1971 World Wrestling Championships Results Book, FILA. "74 kg... 1.Runde:... Sereeter-Farhangdoust 2:2... 2.Runde:... Sereeter-Robin 1:3... Nagano-Gusov 1:3... 3.Runde:... Sereeter-Nagano 1:3... 4.Runde:... Sereeter-Nitschke 1:3... 5.Runde:... Ambrus-Sereeter 3:1..."
  17. ↑ "Asian Games". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  18. ↑ "ТАНИЛЦ: МЧБХ-ны их хуралд шууд оролцох эрхмүүд [Information: Persons who will take direct part in the MFWF General Assembly]". Eguur (in Mongolian). Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "Ардын багш Д.Сэрээтэрт Хөдөлмөрийн баатар цол хүртээлээ". Eguur (in Mongolian). Retrieved 12 May 2026.
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