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Mongolian wrestling, known as Bökh (Mongolian script: ᠪᠥᠬᠡ; Mongolian Cyrillic: Бөх or Үндэсний бөх), is the folk wrestling style of Mongols in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and other regions where touching the ground with anything other than foot or palm of hand loses the match. [1]
The games are Mongolian wrestling, horse racing, and archery, and are held throughout the country during midsummer. Women have started participating in the archery and girls in the horse-racing games, but not in Mongolian wrestling. In 2010, Naadam was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO.
Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar (Mongolian: Эрдэнэбатын Бэхбаяр; 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 [1] and bronze medals at the 2015 and 2017 world championships.
At the 2024 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga won silver medal, he defeated World Champion Zagir Shakhiev in the semifinal round [9] and controversially lost the final round to Olympics medalist and World Champion Gadzhimurad Rashidov 4:3 (independent experts gave the score of 5:3 in favor of the Mongolian wrestler) [10]
Bökhiin Örgöö or Bokhiin Orgoo (Mongolian: Бөхийн Өргөө), literally meaning "Wrestling Palace" in the Mongolian language, is a sports complex in Bayanzürkh District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia that is home to the Mongolian wrestling competitions and also hosts music concerts under a lease.
Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan (Mongolian: Энх-Амарын Даваанасан) (born 6 April 1998) is a Mongolian freestyle wrestler competing in the 72 kg division. [1] She won the silver medal in the women's 72 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, she won bronze in women's 63 kg freestyle. [2] It was Mongolia's first medal in freestyle wrestling since the 1980 Summer Olympics. [3] Battsetseg was the youngest ever world wrestling champion of Mongolia when she won in 2010 at the age of 20 years. Now Sükheegiin Tserenchimed is the youngest champion of ...
His rank/title, showing respect within the wrestling world, is "Dayar dursagdah, dalai dayan, avraga Sükhbat" literally meaning "Renowned by all, oceanic, titan Sükhbat," essentially the highest rank possible in Mongolian wrestling. He was also a two times winner (1995, 1997) in the Amateur Sumo World Championships.