When you talk, when you are drunk, accidents happen at any time! Naidangiin Tuvshinbayar, who won Mongolia’s first Olympic gold medal in history and is also the former chairman of the Mongolian Olympic Committee, was recently charged with drunkenly killing his childhood friend Erdenebileg Enkhbat, who was also a judo star last year. Established and sentenced to 16 years in prison by a Mongolian court.
According to foreign media reports, the 38-year-old Tufsimbayar was under the influence of alcohol in April 2021 and attacked his friend Erdenebileg Enkhbat with a heavy object, causing serious brain damage to the other party. , was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, but remained in a coma until his death on December 24 last year. Tufsimbayar was charged with murder, which shocked the whole country of Mongolia. He was jailed for 20 days in April last year and resigned as the chairman of the Mongolian Olympic Games. After more than a year of trial, the court finally convicted of murder. Sentenced to 16 years in prison for Tufsimbayar.
Tufsimbayar won the gold medal in the men’s judo under 100kg category at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first man in Mongolian history. He also won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics and was awarded “Heroes of Labor” and “Meritorious Athletes”, etc. With the honor, he was elected as the President of the Mongolian Olympic Games in August 2020. As for the unfortunate death of Enkhbart, he won the silver medal in the 100kg category at the Baku Grand Slam of the International Judo Federation in 2013.
