Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (; born April 23, 1943) is a retired Mongolian wrestler. Sereeter was born in Lün sum, Töv Province. The 1968 Olympic and 1970 World Championships bronze medalist, holder of the State Hawk title in the mongolian traditional wrestling.Д.СЭРЭЭТЭР БАГШИЙН "НАРИЙН СУРЫН АМТ”-ЫГ МАРТДАГГҮЙ, Ergelt, February 26, 2026. Accessed May 13, 2026 (in Mongolian). "Монгол Улсын үндэсний бөхийн улсын харцага цолтой" [With a State Hawk title of traditional wrestling in Mongolia] The undefeated 1971 World Championships wrestler.
Sereeter wrestled for the Mongolian national team from 1962 to 1973. He was the Mongolian national champion from 1963 to 1969.Олимп: Монголын баг тамирчидын олимпод үзүүлж байсан амжилтуудаас, Gogo, May 16, 2008. Accessed May 12, 2026 (in Mongolian). "1962-1973 онд Чөлөөт бөхийн улсын шигшээ багийн гишүүн байсан."[He was a national team′s member from 1962 to 1973]
In 1964, during the USSR vs. Mongolia dual meet, Sereeter wrestled to the draw against the reigning USSR national champion Elkan Tedeev.
He competed at the 1964 Olympics in the men's freestyle lightweight category.
He won the gold medal at the 1965 Socialist Bloc military championship, by defeating Bulgaria′s Dimitrov in the final.
Sereeter took the 1968 Tbilisi International Tournament in USSR at the 70 kg event, defeating 1964 Olympic medalist and two-time Tbilisi International Tournament champion Nodar Khokhashvili by fall in the final.Тбилисский турнир, Wrest.Info, December 10, 2014 (in Russian). "1968... 70 кг 1. Д. Сэрэтер (Монголия) 2. Нодар Хохашвили (чисто проиграл монголу) 3. Умар Шавлохов (Москва) - не проиграл ни одной"[1968... 70 kg 1. D. Sereter (Mongol) 2. Nodar Khokashvili (lost to Mongolian by fall) 3. Umar Shavlokhov (Moscow) - undefeated]
He won the gold medal in the 70 kg event at the 1968 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament, wrestled to the draw against the сurrent Olympic, World, and European champion Enyu Valchev in the final.
At the 1968 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's freestyle lightweight category.
In 1968, he was inducted as the Honored Athlete of Mongolia.Д.СЭРЭЭТЭР БАГШИЙН "НАРИЙН СУРЫН АМТ”-ЫГ МАРТДАГГҮЙ, Ergelt, February 26, 2026. Accessed May 13, 2026 (in Mongolian). "1968 онд Монгол Улсын гавъяат тамирчин цол хүртсэн" [In 1968, he received the Honored Athlete title of Mongolia.]
At the 1970 World Championships Sereeter received the bronze medal in the men's Freestyle 74 kg.
At the 1971 World Championships he earned the sixth place in the men's Freestyle 74 kg according to the negative points system, with the draw against the World Championships silver medalist Mohammad Farhangdoust and wins over the 1968 Olympic medalist and 1967 World champion Daniel Robin, Yosuke Nagano who had beaten the eventual World champion Yury Gusov, 1969 European Championships silver medalist Wolfgang Nitschke, and 1971 World Championships bronze medalist Ludovic Ambruș, leaving the tournament undefeated."Wrestling at the 1960 Roma Summer Games", Sports-Reference, September 28, 2018. Accessed December 22, 2025. "The tournament was ... conducted by a negative (bad) point system... Scoring was as follows\: win by fall continued to be worth 0 points, win by decision continued to be worth 1 point, draw continued to be worth 2 points, loss by decision continued to be worth 3 points, and loss by fall continued to be worth 4 points. Wrestlers were eliminated when they accumulated 6 negative (bad) points""Монголоо алдаршуулсан олимпийн баатрууд", Montsame, September 28, 2018. Accessed December 22, 2025 (in Моngolian). "1971 оны ДАШТ-д нэг ч ялагдаагүй боловч VI байрт орсон. Тэр үед /карма/ халаасны оноо гэж байсан. Энэ шүүлтийн дүрмээр байр ухарсан юм.[Finished 6th without losing a single match at the 1971 World Championships. At that time, there was a system of pocket points. According to these rules, ratings were lowered in the ranking.]1971 World Wrestling Championships Results Book, FILA. "74 kg... 1.Runde:... Sereeter-Farhangdoust 2:2... 2.Runde:... Sereeter-Robin 1:3... Nagano-Gusov 1:3... 3.Runde:... Sereeter-Nagano 1:3... 4.Runde:... Sereeter-Nitschke 1:3... 5.Runde:... Ambrus-Sereeter 3:1..."
He competed at the 1972 Olympics in the men's freestyle 74 kg.
At the 1974 Asian Games Sereeter received the silver medal in the men's freestyle 74 kg.
He participated periodically in the congresses of the Mongolian Wrestling Federation, dedicated to the problems of developing Olympic wrestling in the country, together with the best Mongolian wrestlers of the next generation, such as Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran, Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar, Pürevjavyn Önörbat, Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga and so on.
On 2 Februar 2026, he was inducted as the Hero of Labour of Mongolia.
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