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Munkhbayar Dorjsuren

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Munkhbayar Dorjsuren
Personal information
Birth nameDorjsürengiin Mönkhbayar
Full nameMunkhbayar Dorjsuren (as German citizen)
Born (1969-07-09) July 9, 1969 (age 55)[1]
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country Germany
 Mongolia
SportWomen's air pistol
Event(s)10 metre, 25 metre
ClubSport Gemeinschaft Grafing
Coached byPeter Kraneis
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Mongolia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 25 m pistol
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Barcelona-Zaragoza 10 m air pistol
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 25 m pistol
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lahti 25 m pistol

Munkhbayar Dorjsuren (born Dorjsürengiin Mönkhbayar, Mongolian: Доржсүрэнгийн Мөнхбаяр; born July 9, 1969) is a Mongolian-German sport shooter. She was born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, but moved to Germany and became a German citizen. She is the 1992 Olympic bronze medalist in the Women's 25 metre pistol for Mongolia and the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in the same event for Germany. She competed in the 25 metre and 10 metre air pistol events.

Career

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Mongolia

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Dorjsuren has competed at six Summer Olympic Games. She represented Mongolia at the 1992 Summer Olympics, at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 1992 Summer Olympics she won the bronze medal in the women's 25 metre pistol category. She won the 1998 ISSF World Shooting Championships in 10 metre air pistol for Mongolia.

Germany

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She represented Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics, at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She won the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships in 25 metre pistol while representing Germany. Dorjsuren won gold in the Milan leg of the 2009 ISSF World Cup, 25 metre pistol category.[2]

As of 2009, she lived in Munich, Germany.[1]

India

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In July 2022, the National Rifle Association of India appointed Dorjsuren as the Indian pistol team's foreign coach.[3] She was the coach for the Indian team that won the bronze medal in the mixed 10 metre air pistol event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[4]

Citizenship change

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After her participation in Sydney Olympics in 2000, Munkhbayar D. moved to Germany and in 2002, she became a German citizen. In June 2013, she requested to become Mongolian citizen again.[5]

Results

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Olympic results
Event 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
25 metre pistol 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
584+95
15th
576
25th
573
5th
583+101.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
587+202.2
12th
582
10 metre air pistol 21st
376
21st
377
36th
368
6th
385+96.9
24th
379
25th
378

References

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  1. ^ a b "Munkhbayar Dorjsuren, Sport Shooting / bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics (German)". Netzathleten GmbH. June 5, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
  2. ^ "ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol · Milan, ITA". International Shooting Sport Federation. 2009. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  3. ^ "Olympic medallist Munkhbayar Dorjsuren appointed Indian pistol team's foreign coach". BusinessLine. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Days after heartbreak, Sarabjot shows his steel to win bronze". ESPN. 2024-07-30. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  5. ^ "Д.Мөнхбаяр иргэншлээ сэргээхийг хүслээ" [D.Munkhbayar wants to restore her Mongolian citizenship] (in Mongolian). June 19, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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