Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa Explained

Birth Date:11 March 1991
Birth Place:Baruunturuun, Uvs, Mongolia
Height:1.62 m
Weight Class:57 kg
Club:Khilchin
Worlds Rank:1
Worlds Year:2017
Worlds Weight:Women's 57 kg
Regionals Type:AS
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2016
Olympics Rank:2
Olympics Year:2016
Olympics Weight:Women's 57 kg
Updated:23 May 2023

Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa or Sumiya Dorjsuren (Mongolian: Доржсүрэнгийн Сумъяа, born 11 March 1991) is a Mongolian judoka.[1] [2]

Dorjsürengiin competed in the 57 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and lost in the first round.[3] At Astana 2015, she won her first World Championships medal, a bronze.[4] In the 2016 Olympics she won a silver medal in the women's 57 kg event and won gold at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest.[5] In the 2017 World Championships final, Dorjsürengiin defeated Tsukasa Yoshida who had beaten her in the Olympic final. Dorjsürengiin won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships, after an unexpected loss in the semi-finals to Nekoda Smythe-Davis.[6] She also competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[7]

Dorjsürengiin has also won multiple medals at the Asian Games (bronze in 2014 and 2018), Asian Championships (gold in 2016, bronze in 2012 and 2013) and is a four-time national champion.

Dorjsürengiin's life was the subject of the 2017 Mongolian film White Blessing.[8]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ijf.org/judoka/1540 IJF profile
  2. Dorjsurengiin Sumiya . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121215180016/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/dorjsurengiin-sumiya-1.html . 15 December 2012 .
  3. Web site: Sumiya DORJSUREN . https://web.archive.org/web/20130430000437/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/dorjsuren-sumiya-1087014/ . 30 April 2013 . London 2012 Olympics.
  4. Web site: Sumiya Dorjsuren gives Mongolia the long desired gold U57kg. 2020-10-11. www.judoinside.com.
  5. Web site: Sumiya Dorjsuren dominates her category since 2015. 2020-10-11. www.judoinside.com.
  6. Web site: Tsukasa Yoshida beats Smythe-Davis, Deguchi and the odds. 2020-10-11. www.judoinside.com.
  7. Web site: Judo Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801000704/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf. 1 August 2021. 1 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  8. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8263682/ IMDB