Maral-Erdene Batmunkh

Maral-Erdene Batmunkh
Personal information
Full name Maral-Erdene Batmunkh
Born (1994-10-15) October 15, 1994
Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia
Team information
Current team Terengganu Cycling Team
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2013–2014 Malak Cycling Team
2014–2015 Ningxia Sports Lottery Cycling Team
2016– Terengganu Cycling Team
Infobox last updated on
27 August 2016

Maral-Erdene Batmunkh is a Mongolian professional road bicycle racer. He rides for the Terengganu Cycling Team, a Malaysia-registered UCI Continental team.

Early life

Batmunkh was born in 1994 in the province of Khövsgöl in Mongolia. His grandfather is a cycling coach who organizes cycling competitions in the province. Batmunkh's grandfather encourages his children and grandchildren to develop cycling in their home province which led to Batmunkh taking up the sport in 2007.[1]

Career

Batmunkh started his professional cycling career with teams in China before moving to the Malaysia-based Terengganu Cycling Team in 2016 which joins more UCI-sanctioned competition. As of March 2016, Mongolian cycling-figure Ulzii-Orshikh Jamsran serves as his coach whom he idolized since childhood.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Marsault, Charles (14 March 2016). "A la découverte de...Maral-Erdene Batmunkh" [The Discovery of... Maral-Erdene Batmunkh]. Velo-club.net (in French). Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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