Tsogbadrakhyn Mönkhzul

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]

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
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryMongolia
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP40)
25 m pistol (SP)
Coached byAltantsetseg.B, Undralbat Lhagva [1]

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]

Mönkhzul represented Mongolia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she competed in two pistol shooting events again. She competed in the women's 10 m air pistol and the women's 25 m pistol along with Otryadyn Gündegmaa once again. In the 10 m event she finished 32nd of 44 shooters with a total score of 378 targets, she did not advance to the finals. In the 25 m event she finished 11th of 40 shooters with a score of 580 targets, Mönkhzul finished 1 target ahead of Gündegmaa who finished 12th. Mönkhzul was 2 targets off from qualifying for the finals.

References
  1. "Profile – Tsogbadrakh Mönkhzul". OlympicShooting.mn. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tsogbadrakhyn Mönkhzul". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. 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. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. 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. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
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