Oyuna Uranchimeg Explained

Oyuna Uranchimeg
Gender:f
Birth Date:23 June 1973
Birth Place:Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Curling Club:Chaska CC,
Chaska, MN[1]
World Wheelchair Championship Appearances:2
Paralympic Appearances:1 (2022)

Batoyun Uranchimeg is an American wheelchair curler and administrative assistant at the University of St. Thomas.

Early life

Uranchimeg was born on June 23, 1973, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[2] [3] She was born and raised in Mongolia before visiting a friend in Minnesota in 2000. During her stay, she got into a car accident and became paralyzed from the waist down.[4]

Career

Following her accident, Uranchimeg became an Emerging Media Department's administrative assistant at the University of St. Thomas.[5] She took up wheelchair curling in 2016 and became a member of the Four Seasons and Dakota Curling Club.[2] While attending one the national team's training camps, Uranchimeg met Rusty Scheiber, the assistant coach of the national team, who encouraged her to pursue the sport.[6] She joined the United States National Curling team in 2018 after successfully passing the pretrials.[5]

In 2021, Uranchimeg helped the United States National Curling team win a gold medal at the World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship.[7] Following this, Uranchimeg made her Paralympics debut at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: USA Curling National Team Athletes. USA Curling. May 17, 2024.
  2. Web site: BATOYUN "OYUNA" URANCHIMEG . https://web.archive.org/web/20220216222632/https://www.teamusa.org/usa-curling/athletes/Batoyun-Uranchimeg . dead . February 16, 2022 . Team USA . March 2, 2022.
  3. Web site: Batoyun URANCHIMEG - Wheelchair Curling . Beijing 2022 Paralympics . https://web.archive.org/web/20220311065147/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/en/results/wheelchair-curling/athlete-profile-n1064458-batoyun-uranchimeg.htm . 2022-03-11 . en.
  4. Web site: Bruess . Carol . Humans of St. Thomas: Batoyun Uranchimeg . University of St. Thomas . March 2, 2022 . December 16, 2015.
  5. Web site: St. Thomas Staff Member Competes in Paralympic Games . St. Thomas University . March 3, 2022 . March 3, 2022.
  6. Web site: Meaney . Mackenzie . This First-Time Paralympian Is Ready To Bring Representation To Wheelchair Curling . Good Sport . March 3, 2022 . February 11, 2022.
  7. Web site: TEAM USA WINS GOLD AT 2021 WORLD WHEELCHAIR-B CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP . Team USA . March 3, 2022.