The NOC worked in cooperation with  Altanbulag county's administration on developing the park, designed to honour one of the country’s four medallists at the Moscow 1980 Olympics.

Additionally they also worked with Selenge province’s “Barcelona” Olympic Council, one of the 29 Olympic Councils set up across the country's Provinces with the aim of promoting Olympism and education about the Olympics for young people, on completing the project. 

Oyuunbold claimed bronze in the men’s 57 kilogram bantamweight division at the Games, two years after he had won a bronze medal at the 1978 World Wrestling Championships in Mexico City, Mexico.

Oyuunbold died on Christmas Day in 2002, aged 45.

Mongolian NOC vice-president Tsendiin Damdin, a judo silver medallist  in the 65kg half lightweight division at Moscow 1980, was present at the ceremony, in which the Oyunbold Olympic mini-park was created.

He was joined by Barcelona Olympic Council Head D.Erdenebat, teammates of Oyuunbold as well as several high-ranking local officials and guests at the event, with the helping to plant 400 trees in the park.

Wrestling has proved to be Mongolia’s most dependable source of Olympic medals as nine of their overall total of 24 having been won in the sport, with Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg’s bronze in the women’s 63kg freestyle wrestling having been the most recent, coming at London 2012.

But Mongolia are yet to win have an Olympic champion in wrestling, with the country’s two gold medals having been won at Beijing 2008 by Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan and Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar in the men’s 54kg bantamweight boxing and men's half heavyweight 100 kg Judo.

Mongolia had their most successful Olympics at London 2012, coming home with two silver and three bronze medals.

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