Native Name: | Соронзонболдын Батцэцэг |
Native Name Lang: | mn |
Nickname: | Golden Girl |
Nationality: | Mongolian |
Birth Date: | 3 May 1990 |
Birth Place: | Khashaat, Arkhangai, Mongolia |
Height: | 1.70 m |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Weight Class: | 68 kg |
Event: | Freestyle |
Worlds: | (2010) (2015) (2013) (2019) |
Regionals: | (2017) (2010) |
Olympics: | (2012) 5th (2020) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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]