Luvsansharavyn Tsend (, 11 July 1940 – 21 August 2023) was a Mongolian

speedskater 　 Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skating marathon, ...

, who competed at top international levels from 1964 to 1972, with best results in the longer distances. Tsend participated in three Olympics, Innsbruck, 1964, Grenoble, 1968 and Sapporo, 1972, with a 24th place in the 1972 10,000-m his best result. His personal best times were 42.1 (500-m, 1971), 2:14.9 (1500-m, 1971), 7:59.8 (5000-m, 1969), 16:10.2 (10000-m, 1970). Following his active competition days, Tsend had been coaching national-level speedskaters. Tsend was the first person in Mongolia to be diagnosed with

hemophilia Haemophilia (British English), or hemophilia (American English) (), is a mostly inherited genetic disorder that impairs the body's ability to make blood clots, a process needed to stop bleeding. This results in people bleeding for a long ...

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Tsend is a front figure for World Hemophilia Day, 2011
* Mongolian male speed skaters 1940 births 2023 deaths Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for Mongolia {{Mongolia-Olympic-medalist-stub