Tsendiin Damdin was a judoka who won a silver medal at the 1980 Moskva Olympics. Tsendiin was a 7th Dan, and won the 1979 World Sambo Championship. He later became the Mongolian national team coach and led his pupils to a silver and bronze medal at the 1989 World Championships. Tsendiin also served as a judo referee, officiating at the 2007 World Championships, the Asian Games, and the Asian Championships.
Tsendiin later became secretary-general of the Mongolian Judo Association, and then served as the secretary-general of the Mongolian Olympic Committee and then its vice-president. In 1979 he received the State Award as an Honorary Athlete of Mongolia. In 2008 he was given the President’s Award as People’s Teacher. Tsendiin’s son, Damdiny Süldbayar also competed in judo at the 2004 Olympics.
Mongolia