# Jigjidiin Mönkhbat

Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (Mongolian: Жигжидийн Мөнхбат; 1 June 1941 – 9 April 2018) was a Mongolian wrestler. Jigjidiin Mönkhbat is the 1968 Olympic vice-champion in the 87 kg.
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat placing fourth in the middleweight (87 kg) division at the 1966 World Wrestling Championships, having lost the bronze medal match, however, he defeated the reigning three-time World Champion Mansour Mehdizadeh of Iran in the first match. At the 1967 World Wrestling Championships Mönkhbat held a bronze medal after defeating Majid Aghili of Iran. At the 1968 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's Freestyle Middleweight category (87 kg), behind gold medalist Boris Michail Gurevich of the Soviet Union and ahead of bronze medalist Prodan Gardzhev of Bulgaria. However, Mönkhbat left the tournament as undefeated wrestler, his results in the Olympics were 4 wins, 2 draws, and 0 losses.
Mönkhbat was a State Grand Champion in bökh, a top rank in the sport, with six Naadam championship wins (1963–1967, 1974). His name Mönkhbat means "Eternal firm" in the Mongolian language.
He was the father of professional sumo wrestler Hakuhō Shō, who held the top rank of yokozuna in that sport before retiring. His son Hakuhō regards his six Nadaam championships as the equivalent of 36 tournament championships in sumo (as sumo tournaments are held six times a year) and used that as motivation to keep going even after passing Taihō's record of 32 championships.

## Bökh career record

Jigjidiin Mönkhbat :
| Year | Level | Participants | Rank | Wins | Earned title | Notes |
| 1994 | State | 768 | State Grand Champion | 6 | Unud Tuvshin, Khotlooriig Bayasuulagch | |
| 1992 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 0 | | |
| 1991 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 4 | | |
| 1990 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 4 | | |
| 1989 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 4 | | |
| 1988 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 4 | | |
| 1987 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 4 | | |
| 1986 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 4 | | |
| 1985 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 6 | Bat Nyagt Itgelt | |
| 1984 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 4 | | |
| 1983 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 7 | Tod Sonin Uzesgelent | |
| 1981 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 7 | Ulemj Badrakh | |
| 1980 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 8 | Manlain Bayasgalant | |
| 1979 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 7 | Bukhnee Duursgalt | |
| 1978 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 8 | Dalai Daichin | |
| 1977 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 7 | Unud Bayasgalant | |
| 1976 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | | | Absent due to International Competition. |
| 1975 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 8 | Tumnees Tuguldur | |
| 1974 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 9 | Bayar Naadmiin Manlai | |
| 1973 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 7 | Dayaar Duursagdakh | |
| 1972 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 8 | Dalai Dayan | |
| 1971 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 6 | Bat Nyagt | |
| 1970 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | | | Absent due to Olympic Games. |
| 1969 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 7 | | |
| 1968 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 7 | Olniig Bayasuulagch | |
| 1967 | State | 512 | State Grand Champion | 9 | | |
| 1966 | State | 512 | State Champion | 9 | State Grand Champion | |
| 1965 | State | 512 | State Lion | 9 | State Champion | |
| 1964 | State | 512 | State Lion | 9 | Ulam Nemekh | |
| 1963 | State | 512 | State Elephant | 9 | State Lion | |
| 1962 | State | 512 | State Elephant | 3 | | |
| 1961 | State | 512 | Unranked | 5 | State Elephant | |
| State Naadam Winner Won at least 5 rounds in State Naadam Aimag/Sum Naadam Promotion |||||||

## Legacy

In bökh, he won five consecutive tournaments, a feat matched by only two other athletes in the modern history of the sport since 1922.
His statue was erected in his honor and in celebration of his achievements on July 21, 2021, in his hometown of Erdenesant, Tuv Province, Mongolia. The event also marked the 100th anniversary of Erdensant sum. His student and fellow State Grand Champion G.Ösökhbayar attended the opening ceremony.