Oyuna Uranchimeg

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Batoyun "Oyuna" Uranchimeg (born June 23, 1973) is an American wheelchair curler and administrative assistant at the University of St. Thomas.

BornBatoyun Uranchimeg
(1973-06-23) June 23, 1973 (age 52)
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Curling clubChaska CC,
Chaska, MN[1]
Paralympic
appearances
2 (2022, 2026)
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Oyuna Uranchimeg
BornBatoyun Uranchimeg
(1973-06-23) June 23, 1973 (age 52)
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Team
Curling clubChaska CC,
Chaska, MN[1]
World Wheelchair Championship
appearances
3 (2021, 2024, 2025)
Paralympic
appearances
2 (2022, 2026)
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Early life

Uranchimeg 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

Following 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]

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