Ganbold Batmunkh

Mongolia

Nordic Skiing

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Limb deficiency

Origin of Impairment

Acquired

Classification

LW6

Further personal information

Residence

Ulaanbaatar, MGL

Languages

Mongolian

Higher education

Engineering - Mongolian National University: Ulaanbaatar, MGL

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

He began Para cross-country skiing in 2013 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Why this sport?

He has always been interested in skiing.

Name of coach

Dashdondog Jalsrai, MGL, from 2013

International debut

Year

2013

Competing for

Mongolia

General interest

Memorable sporting achievement

Finishing ninth in the 20km classic at the 2017 World Championships in Finsterau, Germany. (Athlete, 09 Mar 2018)

Most influential person in career

His coach. (Athlete, 09 Mar 2018)

Hero / Idol

Norwegian cross-country skier Petter Northug. (Athlete, 09 Mar 2018)

Awards and honours

He was chosen as Mongolia's flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. He also had the same honour at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. (pyeongchang2018.com, 09 Mar 2018; paralympic.org, 07 Mar 2014)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships Solleftea (Solleftea, Sweden)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's Long Distance - Free Style Standing		Final	2013-02-27	18

Paralympic Winter Games 2014 (Sochi, Russia)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 20 km Standing	Final Round	2014-03-10	14
Men's 1 km Sprint Standing	Qualification	2014-03-12	25
Men's 10 km Standing	Final Round	2014-03-16	31

2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships Cable (Cable, United States of America)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's Long Distance - Free Style Standing	Race 1	2015-01-25	17
Men's Sprint - Classic Standing	Race 1	2015-01-28	15
Men's Middle Distance - Classic Standing	Race 1	2015-01-31	17

2017 IPC Nordic skiing World Championships Finsterau, GER (Finsterau, Germany)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's Sprint - Free Style Standing	Final	2017-02-12	11
Men's Long Distance - Classic Standing	Final	2017-02-16	9
Men's Middle Distance - Free Style Standing	Final	2017-02-19	20

Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games (Pyeongchang, South Korea)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 20km Free Standing	Final	2018-03-12	16
Men's 1.5km Sprint Classic Standing	Final	2018-03-14	14
Men's 10km Classic Standing	Final	2018-03-17	14

Prince George 2019 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships (Prince George, Canada)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's Middle Distance - Free Style Standing	Final	2019-02-17	9
Men's Sprint - Free Style Standing	Final	2019-02-18	11
Men's Long Distance - Classic Standing	Final	2019-02-24	9