Badrakhyn Odonchimeg

This is a Mongolian name. The given name is Odonchimeg, and the name Badrakhyn is a patronymic, not a family name. The subject should be referred to by the given name.
Badrakhyn Odonchimeg
Personal information
Nationality Mongolia Mongol
Born (1981-10-12) 12 October 1981
Bayantsogt sum, Töv aimag,
Mongolia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
Club Aldar

Badrakhyn Odonchimeg (Mongolian: Бадрахын Одончимэг; born October 12, 1981 in Bayantsogt sum, Töv aimag) is an amateur Mongolian freestyle wrestler, who played for the women's middleweight category.[1] Between 2007 and 2012, Odonchimeg had won a total of four medals (two silver and three bronze) for the 63, 67, and 72 kg classes at the Asian Wrestling Championships.[2] She also captured two bronze medals in the same division at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, and at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships in Herning, Denmark.[3][4]

Odonchimeg represented Mongolia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 63 kg class. She received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to China's Xu Haiyan, with a two-set technical score (3–5, 0–4), and a classification point score of 1–3.[5]

References

  1. "Badrakhyn Odonchimeg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  2. "Kazakhstan athletes won two gold medals in Asian Wrestling Championship". Tengri News (Kazakhstan). 29 February 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  3. "Jakhar wins women's 63kg wrestling silver". Daily News & Analysis India. 11 December 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  4. "Martine Dugrenier retains her World Wrestling Title at 67 kg". Wrestling Canada. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  5. "Women's Freestyle 63kg (138.5 lbs) Round of 16 Final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

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