Tsendiin Damdin
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| Born | 31 March 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 February 2018 (aged 60)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Mongolia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –65 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (1980) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | R16 (1983) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 54220 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 5558 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 19 June 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tsendiin Damdin (Mongolian: Цэндийн Дамдин; 31 March 1957 – 22 February 2018) was a Mongolian wrestler who represented his country in sambo and judo. At the 1980 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's Half Lightweight (–65 kg) category.
At the 1980 Olympics in the final against the reigning world champion Nikolay Solodukhin of Soviet Union, Tsendiin Damdin scored one yuko, Solodukhin also by that time scored one yuko, then at the 7th minute with the score tied Damdin received a shido (penalty), which automatically brought to Soviet wrestler a score koka and the victory according to the old rules of judo.[2][3]
In 1979 he won a winner title at World Sambo Championships in lightweight category. At the 1978 International Judo Tournament in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, he won the reigning Olympic champion Héctor Rodríguez of Cuba by yuko.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Tsendiin Damdin's obituary (in Mongolian)
- ^ "Монголоо алдаршуулсан олимпийн баатрууд", Montsame, October 11, 2018. Accessed August 01, 2025 (in Mongolian). "Олимпийн алтан медалийн төлөө ЗХУ-ын бөх Солодухинтай барилдаж эхлээд нэг юүко үнэлгээ алдсан, дараа нь түүнээс нэг юүко үнэлгээ авч оноо тэнцүү явж байсан бөгөөд түүнийг шидогоор торгож олимпийн мөнгөн медалийн эзэн болгосон түүхтэй."
- ^ "Half-Lightweight (≤65 kilograms), Men". Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Монголоо алдаршуулсан олимпийн баатрууд", Montsame, October 11, 2018. Accessed July 20, 2025 (in Mongolian). "Харин 1978 онд анх удаа зохион байгуулсан жүдо бөхийн УАШТ-д оролцож 70 кг-д Монгол Улсын анхны аварга болж алтан медаль хүртсэн. Энэ тэмцээнд үнэмлэхүй жинд барилдаж мөнгөн медаль авсан. Бас самбо бөхийн улсын аварга болсон. Тэр жил манай нийслэлд болсон жүдогийн олон улсын тэмцээнд барилдаж Кубын бөх, олимпийн аварга Родригесийг юүко үнэлгээр ялж түрүүлсэн."
External links
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Media related to Tsendiin Damdin at Wikimedia Commons
- Tsendiin Damdin at the International Judo Federation
- Tsendiin Damdin at JudoInside.com
- Tsendiin Damdin at Olympedia
- Tsendiin Damdin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Tsendiin Damdin at The-Sports.org
- Tsendiin Damdin at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
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