Purevjavyn Unurbat (born 15 February 1988) is a

Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...

. He competed in the freestyle 74 kg event at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and was eliminated by

Davit Khutsishvili Davit Khutsishvili (born 19 October 1990, in Sagarejo) is a Georgian freestyle wrestler. He competed in the freestyle 74 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Pürevjavyn Önörbat in the qualifications and Augusto Midana ...

in the qualifications. At the

2016 Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, he lost to

Soner Demirtaş Soner Demirtaş (born 25 June 1991) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler who competes in the 74 kg division. He won the European title in 2016, 2017 and 2018. He was bronze medalist at the Rio Olympics. He is a member of the Ankara ASKI. Person ...

in his first match. At the 2015 World Championships, he won the silver medal despite being unranked entering the championship. He beat Gong Byungman in the first round, Cristian Jose Sarco in the second,

Zelimkhan Khadjiev Zelimkhan Khadjiev (; born May 20, 1994, in Dagestan) is a Russian- French freestyle wrestler of Chechen heritage. He competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the round of 16 by Sos ...

in the quarterfinal and

Narsingh Pancham Yadav Narsingh Pancham Yadav (born 6 August 1989) is an Indian wrestler. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 74 kg category. He was banned for 4 years and barred from the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro ...

in the semifinal before losing to

Jordan Burroughs Jordan Ernest Burroughs (born July 8, 1988) is an American freestyle wrestler and former folkstyle wrestler who currently competes at 74 kilograms. In freestyle, Burroughs was the 2012 Olympic gold medalist, and is a six-time world champion ...

in the final. It was Burroughs's fourth world title, and Önörbat lost to a technical fall. Purevjavyn Unurbat competed at the 2016 World Cup, where he ended up undefeated at 74 kilograms with three victories and beat 2014 World Champion

Khetag Tsabolov Khetag Nikolayevich Tsabolov (, ; born 17 November 1991), also known as Khetik Tsabolov (), is a Russian and Serbian freestyle wrestler who competes at 74 kilograms. After competing for Russia throughout his career, Tsabolov transferred to Serbia ...

of Russia with a score of 10-2.

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* * 1988 births Living people Mongolian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Mongolia Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games People from Darkhan (city) World Wrestling Championships medalists Asian Games competitors for Mongolia Asian Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Mongolian sportsmen {{Mongolia-martialart-bio-stub