Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar

Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar (; born 13 August 1992) 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. The undefeated 2018 World Cup wrestler. He competed at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.

Freestyle career

Bekhbayar took up wrestling in 2006.

At the 2015 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin he won bronze medal in the 57 kg event after defeating 2013 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin′s Champion and 2014 Russian National Cup Winner Artem Gebekov 2-1.

At the 2015 Asian Championships he defeated Samat Nadyrbek Uulu 4-1 in the final, winning the gold medal in the 57 kg event.

At the 2015 World Championships he beat Aleksei Baskakov 10–0, Ghenadie Tulbea 12–1, Yuki Takahashi 2–1, lost to 2015 World Champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili by 2–10 in the semifinal, and took bronze medal in the 57 kg event after defeating Artas Sanaa 5–1.

He was named the 2015 Mongolian Male Athlete of the Year.

At the 2017 World Championships he beat Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov 12–0, Süleyman Atlı 7–0, lost to 2017 World Champion Yuki Takahashi by criteria with the tied score of 4-4 in the quarterfinal, won Sandeep Tomar by 10–0, and took bronze medal in the 57 kg event after defeating Vladimir Dubov 9–2.

At the 2018 World Cup he earned the 6th place in the 57 kg event, with wins over Mukhambet Kuatbek 10-0, 2017 U23 World Champion and 2018 Pan American Champion Reineri Andreu 4-0, Afgan Khashalov 2-1 and Teimuraz Vanishvili 4-0, leaving the tournament undefeated in the individual standings.

At the 2018 Asian Games he defeated 2016 World Cup Champion Reza Atri 8-2 in the semifinal and Kang Kum-song 8-2 in the final, winning the gold medal in the 57 kg event.

At the 2019 Alany Tournament he received silver medal in the 57 kg event, defeating reigning Russian National Champion Ramiz Gamzatov 4-1 in the semifinal before losing to Akhmed Idrisov by 2-5 in the final.

At the 2021 Olympic Qualification Tournament he received silver medal in the 57 kg event, losing in the final round by medical forfeit.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics he earned the 9th place in the 57 kg event, defeating Arsen Harutyunyan 6-1 before losing to Reza Atri by 1-5 in the qualifications.