Gantömöriin Dashdavaa
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| Nationality |  Mongolia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1981 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 73 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gantömöriin Dashdavaa (also Dashdavaa Gantumur, Mongolian: Гантөмөрийн Дашдаваа; born January 8, 1981, in Ulaanbaatar) is a Mongolian judoka, who played for the lightweight category.[1] He won a bronze medal for the 66 kg class at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.[2] He also captured two silver medals in the same division at the 2003 Asian Judo Championships in Jeju City, and at the 2004 Asian Judo Championships in Almaty, losing out to South Korea's Jung Bu-Kyung and Kazakhstan's Muratbek Kipshakbayev, respectively.[3][4]
Dashdavaa made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed for the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg). He defeated Greece's Giorgi Vazagashvili in the first preliminary round, before losing out his next match, by an ippon (full point) and a tomoe nage (circle throw), to Japan's Masato Uchishiba. Dashdavaa also qualified for the repechage rounds, but lost again by an ippon and a kuchiki taoshi (single leg takedown) to Argentina's Jorge Lencina.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Dashdavaa switched to a heavier class by competing in the men's lightweight division. He defeated United States' Ryan Reser and Poland's Krzysztof Wiłkomirski in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the quarterfinal match, by an ippon and an uchi mata (inner thigh throw), to Iran's Ali Maloumat.[5][6] Because his opponent advanced further into the semi-finals, Dashdavaa offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage rounds. Unfortunately, he finished only in ninth place, after losing out the second repechage bout to Japan's Yusuke Kanamaru, who successfully scored a waza-ari (half-point) and an o goshi (full hip throw), at the end of the five-minute period.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gantömöriin Dashdavaa". Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "2002 Asian Games – Busan, South Korea". Judo Inside. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ "2003 Asian Championships – Jeju City, South Korea". Judo Inside. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ "2004 Asian Championships – Almaty, Kazakhstan". Judo Inside. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's Lightweight (73kg/161 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ "Coloradan Reser humble in defeat". NBC Olympics. 11 August 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's Lightweight (73kg/161 lbs) Repechage". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
External links
[edit]- Gantömöriin Dashdavaa at JudoInside.com
- Gantömöriin Dashdavaa at Olympedia
- Gantömöriin Dashdavaa at JudoInside.com
- NBC Olympics Profile
- Mongolian male judoka
- Living people
- Olympic judoka for Mongolia
- Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in judo
- Sportspeople from Ulaanbaatar
- 1981 births
- Judoka at the 2002 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Mongolia
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games