Zorigtyn Batkhuyag Explained

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Zorigtyn Batkhuyag
Birth Date:19 March 1974
Birth Place:Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Height:1.61 m
Weight:65 kg
Sport:Shooting
Event:10 m air rifle (AR40)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)
Coach:Olzod Enkhsaikhan
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Zorigtyn Batkhuyag (also Batkhuyag Zorigt, Mongolian: Зоригтын Батхуяг; born March 19, 1974, in Ulaanbaatar) is a Mongolian sport shooter.[1] Zorigt made her official debut for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she placed twentieth in the 10 m air rifle, and twenty-third in the 50 m rifle 3 positions, with total scores of 391 and 572 points, respectively.[2]

Eight years after competing in her first Olympics, Zorigt qualified for her second Mongolian team, as a 34-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by finishing third in the air rifle from the 2006 ISSF World Cup series in Guangzhou, China.[2] [3] She placed twenty-second in the women's 10 m air rifle by one point behind Finland's Hanna Etula from the final attempt, with a total score of 394 points.[4] Nearly a week later, Zorigt competed for her second event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, where she was able to shoot 194 targets in a prone position, 181 in standing, and 195 in kneeling, for a total score of 570 points, finishing only in thirty-third place.[5]

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  1. Zorigtyn Batkhuyag . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105605/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zo/zorigtyn-batkhuyag-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 24 January 2013.
  2. Web site: ISSF Profile – Zorigtyn Batkhuyag. ISSF. 24 January 2013.
  3. News: Jung disappoints at World Cup. The Tribune India. 28 March 2006. 24 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification. NBC Olympics. 24 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053304/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHW101901/index.html. 16 August 2012. dead.
  5. Web site: Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification. NBC Olympics. 24 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120816050347/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHW104901/index.html. 16 August 2012. dead.