Batoyun "Oyuna" Uranchimeg (born June 23, 1973) is an American wheelchair curler and administrative assistant at the University of St. Thomas.
| Oyuna Uranchimeg | |
|---|---|
| Born | Batoyun Uranchimeg June 23, 1973 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Chaska CC, Chaska, MN[1] |
| World Wheelchair Championship appearances | 2 (2021, 2024) |
| Paralympic appearances | 1 (2022) |
Early life
editUranchimeg was born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[2][3] She was born and raised in Mongolia before visiting a friend in Minnesota in 2000. During her stay, she got into a car accident and became paralyzed from the waist down.[4]
Career
editFollowing her accident, Uranchimeg became an Emerging Media Department's administrative assistant at the University of St. Thomas.[5] She took up wheelchair curling in 2016 and became a member of the Four Seasons and Dakota Curling Club.[2] 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.[6] She joined the United States National Curling team in 2018 after successfully passing the pretrials.[5]
In 2021, Uranchimeg helped the United States National Curling team win a gold medal at the World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship.[7] Following this, Uranchimeg made her Paralympics debut at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.[5]
References
edit- ^ "USA Curling National Team Athletes". USA Curling. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- ^ a b "Batoyun "Oyuna" Uranchimeg". Team USA. Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ "Batoyun URANCHIMEG - Wheelchair Curling". Beijing 2022 Paralympics. Archived from the original on March 11, 2022.
- ^ Bruess, Carol (December 16, 2015). "Humans of St. Thomas: Batoyun Uranchimeg". University of St. Thomas. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ a b c "St. Thomas Staff Member Competes in Paralympic Games". St. Thomas University. March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ Meaney, Mackenzie (February 11, 2022). "This First-Time Paralympian Is Ready To Bring Representation To Wheelchair Curling". Good Sport. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ "Team USA Wins Gold at 2021 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship". Team USA. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
Bat-Oyun "Oyuna" Uranchimeg
