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Munkhbayar Dorjsuren
Munkhbayar Dorjsuren (born Dorjsürengiin Mönkhbayar, ; born July 9, 1969) is a Mongolian-German sport shooter. She was born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, but moved to Germany and became a German citizen. She is the 1992 Olympic bronze medalist in the Women's 25 metre pistol for Mongolia and the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in the same event for Germany. She competed in the 25 metre and 10 metre air pistol events.
Career
Mongolia
Dorjsuren has competed at six Summer Olympic Games. She represented Mongolia at the 1992 Summer Olympics, at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 1992 Summer Olympics she won the bronze medal in the women's 25 metre pistol category. She won the 1998 ISSF World Shooting Championships in 10 metre air pistol for Mongolia.
Germany
She represented Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics, at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She won the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships in 25 metre pistol while representing Germany. Dorjsuren won gold in the Milan leg of the 2009 ISSF World Cup, 25 metre pistol category. she lived in Munich, Germany.
India
In July 2022, the National Rifle Association of India appointed Dorjsuren as the Indian pistol team's foreign coach. She was the coach for the Indian team that won the bronze medal in the mixed 10 metre air pistol event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Citizenship change
After her participation in Sydney Olympics in 2000, Munkhbayar D. moved to Germany and in 2002, she became a German citizen. In June 2013, she requested to become Mongolian citizen again.
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