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.
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]