Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran
 At the 2014 Paris Golden Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |
 Mongol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
11 May 1986 Töv Province, Mongolia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran (Mongolian: Ганзоригийн Мандахнаран) is a male Mongolian wrestler who competes in the 66 kg category in freestyle wrestling. He was born in Tuv province of Mongolia. He is a two-time world bronze medalist and Ivan Yarygin 2016.
He reached 4th place in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after he was denied victory for running away from his Uzbek opponent in the last seconds of their bronze medal contest.[1] Mandakhnaran almost won bronze in the 65 kg event but in the final seconds when he was leading 7-6, he started prematurely celebrating in front of his opponent Ikhtiyor Navruzov. For this Navruzov was awarded a penalty point by Azerbaijani judge Hijran Sharifov. With the score 7-7, Navruzov won due to winning the last point of the match. Mandakhnaran's coach and trainer were so incensed by the decision that they stripped in front of the judges, and leading to another point awarded to Navruzov for a final score of 7-8.[2][3][4] Both of his coaches would later be banned by the United World Wrestling until August 2019.
References
- ↑ Trevelyan, Mark. "Wrestling: Furious Mongolians strip off over bronze medal defeat". reuters.com. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ Burke, Timothy. "Wrestling Bronze Medal Match Ends In Controversy; Mongolian Coaches Strip In Protest". DeadSpin.com. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ↑ "Mongolia's wrestling coaches strip off their clothes in epic meltdown following bronze medal match". NationalPost.com. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ↑ Foltin, Lindsey (22 August 2016). "Mongolian coaches strip in front of judges to protest bronze-medal controversy". news.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2016.