M.Ankhtsetseg to represent Mongolia in Olympics

Sports
B.khuder.
en_khuder@montsame.mn
2016-05-05 13:48:53

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Weightlifting Federation of Mongolia (WFM) Wednesday announced that it has selected M.Ankhtsetseg to represent Mongolia in the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Summer Olympics.

The athlete from the “Aldar” sports club of the Armed Forces of Mongolia M.Ankhtsetseg became the very first Mongolian woman to win a gold medal in the Weightlifting Asian Championships. B.Enkhtamir will serve as a training assistant for Ankhtsetseg during the Olympics.

Ankhtsetseg Monkhjantsan, 18, has being engaged in weightlifting for eight years. She has set national records 69 times in junior, youths and senior divisions. She gained the title of vice master of sports in 2009, the master of sports--in 2010, and the international master of sports--in 2011.

Previous achievments of Altantsetseg are the 4th place in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and the 8th place in the 2015 Weightlifting World Championships.     

 

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