Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga

Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (Mongolian: Төмөр-Очирын Тулга; born 11 February 1998), also known as Tulga Tumur-Ochir, is a Mongolian wrestler.^[1] He competed in the men's freestyle 65 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2]

The 2021 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 65 kg

• Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) vs Kaiki Yamaguchi (JPN), W 3–2, won by points.^[3]
• Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) vs Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM), W 2–1, won by passivity.^[4]
• Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) vs Zagir Shakhiev (RWF), L 4–4, controversial defeat (Russian wrestler's 2 point technique was awarded 4 points by the referees).^[5]
• Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) vs Rohit Singh (IND), W 10F–4, won by fall.^[6]

Medalists:

• Gold medal - Zagir Shakhiev (RWF)
• Silver medal - Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI)
• Bronze medal - Alibek Osmonov (KGZ)
• Bronze medal - Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL)

At the 2023 World Wrestling Championships he controversially lost the round of 16 to Haji Aliyev 3–3 (Tulga pinned his opponent to the mat in the last seconds of match, but the referee completely ignored the fall and gave a penalty point to the Mongolian wrestler).^[7]

Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga received a silver medal at the 2025 World Championships in the men's freestyle 70 kg after controversially losing the final round

In the semifinals, he beat the current world champion Nurkozha Kaipanov from Kazakhstan with a score of 5-2. He then faced Japan's Yoshinosuke Aoyagi in the final round.

In the first period, Tulga scored a point due to his activity, then the Japanese wrestler dropped Tulga on his back and scored 2 points.

In the second period, Tulga began to use a different tactic - he began to push his opponent off the mat on equal terms. However, having pushed his opponent out the first time, Tulga did not receive a point, at the same time Aoyagi, in a counterattack outside the mat, two legs were off the mat, also pushed Tulga out of the mat and received a point. The score became 3-1 in favor of Aoyagi. The Mongolian side filed a justified protest against Aoyagi's counterattack that earned the point, however the judges did not support the protest, so the Mongolian wrestler lost another point. The score became 4-1.

Tulga, being in the ground position, pushed his opponent off the mat, but the judges did not give vested point. The Mongolian wrestler, being in the ground position again, pushed the Japanese off the mat for the third time and did not get well-deserved point, simultaneously Aoyagi in a counterattack also pushed Tulga off the mat and got a point, although according to the current rules, after a wrestler has pushed his opponent off the mat first, the match is stopped and both wrestlers must return to the center and continue match. The score became 5-1.

In the last seconds of the match, Tulga successfully put his opponent to the classic ground position (two knees and two hands touched the mat) using foot sweep, and again did not receive required 2 points by current rules. From the beginning to the end of match, he constantly attacked and wrestled at a high intensity pace. This is confirmed by the video recording.^[8]

The 2022 (2023) Asian Games – Men's freestyle 65 kg

• Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) vs Sanzhar Mukhtar (KAZ), W 10–0
• Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) vs Yon Bunna (CAM), W 10–0
• Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) vs Kim Chang-su (KOR), W 10–0
• Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) vs Kim Kwang-jin (PRK), W 11F–0
• Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) vs World Champion Rahman Amouzad (IRI), W 11–1^[9]

Medalists:

• Gold medal - Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL);
• Silver medal - Rahman Amouzad (IRI);
• Bronze medal - Kim Kwang-jin (PRK);
• Bronze medal - Kaiki Yamaguchi (JPN).

At the 2024 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga won silver medal, he defeated World Champion Zagir Shakhiev 8-0 in the semifinal round^[10] and controversially lost the final round to Olympics medalist and World Champion Gadzhimurad Rashidov 4–3 (independent experts gave the score of 5:3 in favor of the Mongolian wrestler).^[11]

As a men's freestyle 65 kg

• Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) vs Alibeg Alibegov (BRN), W 10–0
• Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) vs the reigning World Champion Zain Retherford (USA), W 7–2
• Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) vs Abdulmazhid Kudiev (TJK), W 9–0
• Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) vs Sujeet Kalkal (IND), W 6–1, the qualified athlete

• Tulga Tumur-Ochir at United World Wrestling
• Tulga Tumur-Ochir at the International Wrestling Database
• Tulga Tumur Ochir at Olympics.com
• Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga at Olympedia