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This is a Mongolian name; the name "Naidangiin" is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by his or her given name, "Tüvshinbayar".

Medal record
Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar
Competitor for  Mongolia
Men's Judo
Olympic Games
Gold	2008 Beijing	-100kg
Asian Championships
Silver	2007 Kuwait City	-100 kg
Bronze	2008 Jeju City	-100 kg
East Asian Championships
Bronze	2006 Ulan Bator	+100 kg

Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar (Mongolian: Найдангийн Түвшинбаяр; born June 1, 1984 in Saikhan sum, Bulgan aimag) is a Mongolian judoka.

At the 2006 Asian Games he finished in joint fifth place in both the heavyweight (-100 kg) division and the open weight class division.^[1]

In the same division, he won a gold medal at the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing. He was the first Mongolian ever to win a gold medal at the Olympics^[2], by defeating Kazakhstani judoka Askhat Zhitkeyev.^[3] On the 14th of August, 2008, he was inducted as the state honored athlete of Mongolia as well as hero of labor.^[4]

He currently resides in Ulan Bator.

References

1. ^ 2006 Asian Games profile
2. ^ Mongolia wins 1st gold
3. ^ Tüvshinbayar wins gold
4. ^ Hero of labor