Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg

Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg
Personal information
Native name
Соронзонболдын Батцэцэг
NicknameGolden Girl
NationalityMongolian
Born (1990-05-03) 3 May 1990
Khashaat, Arkhangai, Mongolia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Mongolia
SportWrestling
Weight class
68 kg
Event
Freestyle
Achievements and titles
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2012) 5th (2020)
World finals
1st place, gold medalist(s) (2010) 1st place, gold medalist(s) (2015)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2013) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2019)
Regional finals
1st place, gold medalist(s) (2017) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2010)
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Mongolia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2012 London63 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 Moscow59 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 Las Vegas63 kg
Silver medal – second place2013 Budapest63 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Nur-Sultan68 kg
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2013 Ulaanbaatar63 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Saint Petersburg63 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Cheboksary69 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Takasaki65 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 New Delhi63 kg
Silver medal – second place2010 New Delhi59 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Gold medal – first place2015 Krasnoyarsk63 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place2013 Kazan63 kg

Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg (Mongolian: Соронзонболдын Батцэцэг, born 3 May 1990) is Mongolia's first female gold medalist of the World Wrestling Championships.[1] At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, she won bronze in women's 63 kg freestyle.[2] It was Mongolia's first medal in freestyle wrestling since the 1980 Summer Olympics.[3] Battsetseg was the youngest ever world wrestling champion of Mongolia when she won in 2010 at the age of 20 years. Now Sükheegiin Tserenchimed is the youngest champion of Mongolia. She is a recipient of the Hero of Labour of Mongolia and the Order of Sukhbaatar.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Battsetseg Soronzonbold". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Women's 63kg Freestyle". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "UB Post". mongolnews.mn.
  4. ↑ "S.Battsetseg to be awarded Hero of Labor title". MONTSAME News Agency. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Young Mongolian woman awarded with Hero of Labour - News.MN". News.MN. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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