Tsegmidiin Battulga Explained

Tsegmidiin Battulga
Birth Name:Цэгмидийн Баттулга
Birth Date:22 April 1991
Birth Place:Bulgan, Mongolia
Sport:Para-athletics
Event:Shot put
Disability Class:F40
Disability:short stature (achondroplasia)

Tsegmidiin Battulga (mn|Цэгмидийн Баттулга; born 22 April 1991) is a Mongolian Paralympic athlete specializing in shot put. He represented Mongolia at the 2024 Paralympic Games,[1] [2] becoming the first ever Mongolian para-athlete to win a medal.[3]

Battulga works as a dentist at Bulgan Aimag Central Hospital in Bulgan, Mongolia. His father Tsegmid was a notable Mongolian wrestler who twice became the Bulgan Province champion.

Career

In October 2023, at the rescheduled 2022 Asian Games, Battulga won the bronze medal in shot put.[4]

He represented Mongolia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal in the shot put event.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Battulga Tsegmid . Paralympic.org . . 1 September 2024.
  2. Web site: Battulga Tsegmid . . 1 September 2024.
  3. News: D . Munkhbat . 2 Sep 2024 . Шүдний их эмч Ц.Баттулга паралимпоос мөнгөн медаль хүртэж, монгол түмнээ баярлууллаа . Eguur.mn.
  4. Web site: Medallists by Event . 2 November 2023. http://web.archive.org/web/20231028125458/https://resultsapg.hangzhou2022.com.cn/APG2022/data/ATH/ATH-------------------------------_DT_PDF_C93.pdf?random=0.9092247887663807. 28 October 2023. dead.
  5. Web site: Ravi Rongali secures fifth in men's F40 shot put at Paris Paralympics. The New Indian Express. 1 September 2024.