Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg ( mn, Соронзонболдын Батцэцэг, born 3 May 1990) is

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

's first female gold medalist of the World Wrestling Championships. At the

2012 Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

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, she won bronze in women's 63 kg freestyle. It was Mongolia's first medal in freestyle wrestling since the 1980 Summer Olympics. Battsetseg was the youngest ever world wrestling champion of Mongolia when she won in 2010 at the age of 20 years. Now Sükheegiin Tserenchimed is the youngest champion of Mongolia. She is a recipient of the Hero of Labour of Mongolia and the

Order of Sukhbaatar The Order of Sukhbaatar (or Order of Suche Bator) is a state decoration of Mongolia, originally instituted on 16 May 1941. It was awarded to Mongolians and foreigners "for special services to defenses, economic and cultural construction of the Mon ...

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* 1990 births Living people Mongolian female sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Mongolia Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers of Mongolia Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Arkhangai Province World Wrestling Championships medalists Universiade medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Champions Universiade gold medalists for Mongolia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Mongolian women {{Mongolia-wrestling-bio-stub