Full name Maral-Erdene Batmunkh Role Rider | Discipline Road 2013–2014 Malak Cycling Team | |
Born October 15, 1994 (age 22)
Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia ( 1994-10-15 ) Current team Terengganu Cycling Team 2014–2015 Ningxia Sports Lottery Cycling Team | ||
Maral-Erdene Batmunkh is a Mongolian professional road bicycle racer. He rides for the Terengganu Cycling Team, a Malaysia-registered UCI Continental team.
Contents
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.
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.