Khaidavyn Altankhuyag

Khaidavyn Altankhuyag
Personal information
NationalityMongolian
Born (1946-10-16) 16 October 1946
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Boxing career
Weight classLightweight
Medal record
Asian Championships
1971 Tehran Lightweight
1975 Yokohama Lightweight

Khaidavyn Altankhuyag (Хайдавын Алтанхуяг; born 16 October 1946, Nömrög, Zavkhan Province) is a Mongolian boxer. A two-time Asian champion, oldest honored boxer of Mongolia, a consultant coach of the Mongolian Boxing Federation, and a people′s teacher, he is known as "Golden Swallow" who wrote the history of Mongolian boxing. Altankhuyag also successfully worked as a coach in China, developing friendship between the boxing federations of Mongolia and China. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he lost to Tsvetan Tsvetkov of Bulgaria.[1]


References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Khaidavyn Altankhuyag". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2018.