Taking place at the MNB 600 Studio the awards recognised the best athletes, teams and coaches throughout 2014 with voting undertaken by members of the Mongolian Sports Press Union and Mongolian National Olympic Committee.

Boldbaatar was presented with the Best Male Athlete Award after finishing the year atop the International Judo Federation (IJF) Prestige World Rankings.

The Mongolian won gold at the World Championships in Chelyabinsk, Russia, before securing silver at the Asian Games in Incheon.

He also won the IJF Grand Slam in Paris, and the IJF Grand Prix in Ulaanbaatar.

Tserenchimed became just the second woman from Mongolian to win gold at the United World Wrestling World Championships with victory in the women's freestyle 60 kilogram contest in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The 19-year-old also won gold at the World Military Championships and bronze at the Asian Games and Asian Wrestling Championships.

World judo champion Ganbat Boldbaatar was presented with the Best Male Athlete Award after a brilliant season on the IJF circuit ©Getty Images



Freestyle wrestler Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran claimed second in the Best Male Athlete award after his bronze medal at the Wrestling World Championships while Asian Games champion leightweight boxer Otgondalai Dorjnyambuu secured third.

On the women's side, world number one judoka Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg claimed second after her triumph at the Asian Games, as well as Grand Slam's in Baku and Abu Dhabi, and the Grand Prix in Ulaanbaatar, while the women's national judo team took third.

Other awards saw freestyle wrestling coach Ts.Khosbayr named Best Coach, the men's national basketball team named Best Team and judoka Duurenbayar Ulziibayar named Best Debut Athlete of the Year.

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