Maral-Erdene Batmunkh
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| Full name | Maral-Erdene Batmunkh | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
October 15, 1994 Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Terengganu Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013–2014 | Malak Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Ningxia Sports Lottery Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Terengganu Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maral-Erdene Batmunkh is a Mongolian professional road bicycle racer. He rides for the Terengganu Cycling Team, a Malaysia-registered UCI Continental team.
Early life
Batmunkh was born in 1994 in the province of Khövsgöl in Mongolia. His grandfather is a cycling coach who organizes cycling competitions in the province. Batmunkh's grandfather encourages his children and grandchildren to develop cycling in their home province which led to Batmunkh taking up the sport in 2007.[1]
Career
Batmunkh started his professional cycling career with teams in China before moving to the Malaysia-based Terengganu Cycling Team in 2016 which joins more UCI-sanctioned competition. As of March 2016, Mongolian cycling-figure Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh serves as his coach whom he idolized since childhood.[1]
Major results
- 2016
- 1st, Individual Time Trial, Asian Cycling Championships U23
- 1st, Individual Time Trial, National Championship
- 2017
- 1st, stage 2, Tour de Tochigi
References
- 1 2 Marsault, Charles (14 March 2016). "A la découverte de...Maral-Erdene Batmunkh" [The Discovery of... Maral-Erdene Batmunkh]. Velo-club.net (in French). Retrieved 22 March 2016.