Batoyun Uranchimeg is an American wheelchair curler and administrative assistant at the

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Early life

Uranchimeg was born on June 23, 1973, in

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. She was born and raised in Mongolia before visiting a friend in

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in 2000. During her stay, she got into a car accident and became paralyzed from the waist down.

Career

Following her accident, Uranchimeg became an Emerging Media Department's administrative assistant at the

. She took up

wheelchair curling Wheelchair curling is an adaptation of curling for athletes with a disability affecting their lower limbs or gait. Wheelchair curling is governed by the World Curling Federation, and is one of the sports in the Winter Paralympic Games. Overview W ...

in 2016 and became a member of the Four Seasons and Dakota Curling Club. While attending one the national team's training camps, Uranchimeg met Rusty Scheiber, the assistant coach of the national team, who encouraged her to pursue the sport. She joined the United States National Curling team in 2018 after successfully passing the pretrials. In 2021, Uranchimeg helped the United States National Curling team win a gold medal at the World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship. Following this, Uranchimeg made her Paralympics debut at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uranchimeg, Oyuna 1972 births Sportspeople from Ulaanbaatar Living people American wheelchair curlers Paralympic wheelchair curlers for the United States American female curlers Wheelchair curlers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Mongolian people with disabilities