Tsogbadrakhyn Mönkhzul

This is a Mongolian name. The given name is Mönkhzul, and Tsogbadrakh is a patronymic, not a family name.
Tsogbadrakh Mönkhzul
Personal information
Nationality  Mongolia
Born (1981-02-28) 28 February 1981
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) 10 m air pistol (AP40)
25 m pistol (SP)
Coached by Altantsetseg.B, Undralbat Lhagva [1]

Tsogbadrakh Mönkhzul (Mongolian: Цогбадрахын Мөнхзул; born February 28, 1981 in Ulaanbaatar) is a Mongolian sport shooter.[2] She won a gold medal in the women's sport pistol at the 2007 ISSF World Cup series in Bangkok, Thailand, accumulating a score of 783.3 points.[3]

Mönkhzul represented Mongolia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two pistol shooting events, along with her teammate Otryadyn Gündegmaa. She placed eighth in the women's 10 m air pistol, by nine tenths of a point (0.9) behind Finland's Mira Nevansuu, with a total score of 479.6 targets (387 in the preliminary rounds, and 92.6 in the final).[4][5] Three days later, Mönkhzul competed for her second event, 25 m pistol, where she was able to shoot 290 targets in the precision stage, and 291 in the rapid fire, for a total score of 581 points, finishing only in twelfth place.[6]

References

  1. "Profile – Tsogbadrakh Mönkhzul". OlympicShooting.mn. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  2. "Tsogbadrakhyn Mönkhzul". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  3. "Mongolian on target in shoot-off". The Nation Multimedia (Thailand). 10 May 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  4. "Women's 10m Air Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  5. "Women's 10m Air Pistol Final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  6. "Women's 25m Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
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