Batboldyn Nomin
Mongolian freestyle wrestler
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Batboldyn Nomin (Mongolian: Батболдын Номин; born 4 February 1993) is a Mongolian freestyle wrestler who competes in the 61 kg division. He won a bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games and silver medals at the 2015 world championships.
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| Native name | Батболдын Номин | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Mongolia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 February 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Mongolia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 61 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World finals |  (2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regional finals |  (2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Nomin achieved his first major international results at the junior level by winning the silver medal in the 55 kg event at the 2010 Asian Junior Championships and the silver medal in the 60 kg event at the 2013 World Junior Wrestling Championships.[1][2]
He won his first senior continental medal at the 2013 Asian Wrestling Championships, claiming the bronze medal in the 55 kg category. The following year, he won another bronze medal in the 57 kg event at the 2014 Asian Games.[1][2]
Nomin achieved the greatest success of his career at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships. Competing in the men's freestyle 61 kg event in Las Vegas, he defeated Bajrang Punia, Reece Humphrey, and Beka Lomtadze to reach the final, where he was defeated by Haji Aliyev and won the silver medal.[3][4] During the same season, he also won the bronze medal in the 61 kg category at the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships.[5]