Name Khorloogiin Bayanmonkh | Role Olympic athlete | |
Olympic medals Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Men\'s Freestyle Heavyweight | ||
Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (Mongolian: Хорлоогийн Баянмөнх; born February 22, 1944) is a retired Mongolian wrestler. At the 1972 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's freestyle heavyweight category. His name Bayanmonkh means "Rich eternal" in the Mongolian language.
Bayanmönkh is the second most successful wrestler in Mongolian wrestling with 10 championship wins (1968 1971–1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981–1982, 1987).
In 1972 he was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR.
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