Dornogovi Province residents met with bronze medalist of the Rio 2016 Paralympics B.Uugankhuu on October 1 to pay honor to the judoka.
Chairman of the Dornogovi Province Council and Member of Parliament B.Delgersaikhan handed B.Uugankhuu a key to a two-room apartment in Ulaanbaatar.
The Dornogovi Province Council, the Mayor’s Office of Dornogovi Province, and local residents presented a 30 million MNT cash gift to B.Uugankhuu.
B.Uugankhuu arriving in Sainshand[/caption]
B.Uugankhuu was born in Sainshand soum of Dornogovi Province in 1991. He started training in freestyle wrestling at first but fell in love with judo at a young age. He is the second athlete of Mongolia to win a medal at the Paralympics.
B.Uugankhuu seized a bronze medal in the men’s -60 kg event of B3 classification.
He has previously won a silver medal at the Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games.