Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (Mongolian: Жигжидийн Мөнхбат; 1 June 1941 – 9 April 2018) was a Mongolian wrestler. At the 1968 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's Freestyle Middleweight category (87 kg), behind gold medalist Boris Michail Gurevich of the Soviet Union and ahead of bronze medalist Prodan Gardzhev of Bulgaria.[1] His results in the Olympics were 4 wins, 2 draws, and 0 losses.

Round	Opponent	Сountry	Results	Penalties	Time
1	Peter Döring		Won by Points	1
2	Raúl García		Won by Fall (TF)	0	(1:17)
3	Jean-Marie Chardonnens		Won by Technical Superiority	0,5
4			Bye	0
5	Prodan Gardzhev		Draw	2
6	Boris Gurevich		Draw	2
7	Tom Peckham		Won by Points	1

Jigjidiin Mönkhbat

Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing  Mongolia
Olympic Games
	1968 Mexico City	Middleweight
World Championships
	1967 New Delhi	87 kg

Mönkhbat was a Titan in Mongolian wrestling, a top rank in the sport, with six Naadam championship wins (1963–1967, 1974). He won five tournaments in a row, a feat achieved by only two other athletes in the modern history of Mongolian wrestling (since 1922). His name Mönkhbat means "Eternal firm" in the Mongolian language.

He was the father of professional sumo wrestler Hakuhō Shō, who held the top rank of yokozuna in that sport before retiring. His son Hakuhō regards his six Nadaam championships as the equivalent of 36 tournament championships in sumo (as sumo tournaments are held six times a year) and used that as motivation to keep going even after passing Taihō's record of 32 championships.[2]

References

External links

• Jigjidiin Mönkhbat at International Wrestling Database
• Jigjidiin Mönkhbat at Olympics.com
• Jigjidiin Mönkhbat at Olympedia

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