Ulambayaryn Sürenjav (Mongolian: Уламбаярын Сүрэнжав; born 9 January 2000) is a Mongolian parataekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the –52 kg category. She also won a bronze medal at the World Para Taekwondo Championships in 2023.
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| Native name | Уламбаярын Сүрэнжав | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Mongolia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 January 2000 Mongolia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Mongolia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | F44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 52kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals |  (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals |  (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regional finals |  (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editSurenjav was born on 9 January 2000.[1]
Career
editSurenjav won the gold medal in her category at the Taekwondo European Open Championships held in Brisbane, Australia in July 2023.[2] She then won a bronze medal at the World Para Taekwondo Championships in September 2023.[3] The following month, she won the gold medal at the 2022 Asian Para Games in the 52 kg event.[4][5] Surenjav competed in the 2024 European Taekwondo Championships, where she won the gold medal in the -52 kg category.[6] She qualified at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the –52 kg category, having qualified via World Ranking. In the 52 kg event, she defeated Zahra Rahimi in the gold medal match, becoming the first Mongolian woman to win a Paralympic gold medal.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Surenjav Ulambayar". Olympics.com. 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Ulambayar and Bolor-Erdene win golds for Mongolia at Oceania Para Taekwondo Open Championships". InsideTheGames. 7 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Taekwondo Athlete Surenjav Makes History as Mongolia's First Female Paralympic Gold Medalist". Montsame. 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Medalists by weight categories" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Para taekwondo and Para canoe take centre stage after making debut at Hangzhou 2022". paralympic.org.
- ^ "Results – Parataekwondo" (PDF). European Judo Union. 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2024.