Nationality Mongolia Event(s) +78 kg Sport Judo | Weight 117 kg (258 lb) Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Name Erdene-Ochiryn Dolgormaa | |
Full name Erdene-Ochiryn Dolgormaa Born 26 July 1977 (age 46) ( 1977-07-26 ) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | ||
Erdene-Ochiryn Dolgormaa (Mongolian: Эрдэнэ-Очирын Долгормаа; born July 26, 1977 in Ulaanbaatar) is a Mongolian judoka, who competed in the women's heavyweight category. She picked up five medals in her career, including a bronze from the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, and represented her nation Mongolia in the over-78 kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Dolgormaa made sporting headlines in the international scene at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, where she scored a waza-ari victory over Chinese Taipei's Lee Hsiao-hung to earn a bronze medal in the over-78 kg division.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Dolgormaa qualified for the Mongolian squad in the women's heavyweight class (+78 kg), by placing second and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She thwarted her former rival Lee Hsiao-hung in the opening match with a yuko (15-second hold), before losing out to her next opponent Maryna Prokofyeva of Ukraine by a waza-ari awasete ippon and a kuzure kesa gatame within one minute and sixteen seconds.