Gombyn Khishigbaatar

{{short description|Mongolian wrestler}}

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| nationality = Mongolian

| sport = Wrestling

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{{MedalSport |Men's Freestyle wrestling}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}

{{MedalGold| 1975 Toledo|48 kg}}

| show-medals = Yes

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|8|24|df=yes}}

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Gombyn Khishigbaatar (born 24 August 1953) is a Mongolian wrestler. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/gombyn-khishigbaatar-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054248/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/gombyn-khishigbaatar-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Gombyn Khishigbaatar Olympic Results |accessdate=11 April 2019}}

At the 1975 Wrestling World Cup Gombyn Khishigbaatar won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 48 kg, he defeated the 1974 European champion Vitali Tokchinakov of USSR and the 1975 Pan-American Games silver medalist, three-time National AAU champion David Range of USA.[https://infosport.ru/person/borba-volnaya/tokchinakov-vitalii-fedorovich Sports Russia. Tokchinakov Vitalii Fedorovich.][https://www.clevelandsportshall.com/range-david/#:~:text=David%20Range.%20Induction%20Year%20%3A,at%20Miami%20University%20of%20Ohio|Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame. David Range.]

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