Bulgantamir Sergelenbaatar

Bulgantamir Sergelenbaatar
Bulgantamir Sergelenbaatar
Personal information
Full name	Sergelenbaatariin Bulgantamir
Nickname	Tamiraa
Nationality	Mongolian
Born	28 November 1999 (age 24); Bayankhongor, Mongolia
Height	176
Weight	62
Spike	282
Block	265
College / University	Ikh Zasag University
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Current club	Enacoree
Number	10
National team

Bulgantamir Sergelenbaatar (Mongolia: Сэргэлэнбаатарын Булгантамир; Sergelenbaatariin Bulgantamir; born November 28, 1999) is a Mongolian female volleyball player. She is the Outside Hitter and Captain of the Mongolian club Enacoree Monty. She has won the Mongolian national league title (2019) and also became the MVP. Bulgantamir entered the Mongolia women's national volleyball team for the first time in 2016 Eastern Asian Championship.

Career

2019

In 2019, the new Secretary General of the Mongolian Volleyball Association, Mr. Gotov Bayarsaikhan, and his management team organized the National League for the first time since 2011. The Enacoree's new generation girls participated National League-2019 and whose players’ average age is 20.5. The team was led by Sergelenbaatar. It was her first national league.^[1] They finished the season 1st place the league table with 15 games (13 wins/2 loses) and qualified final series. Enacoree beat Hobby Ace 3 straight won (3:1, 3:0, 3:2) in the final.^[2] Sergelenbaatar named the player of the game award last 2 final matches.

Final matches statistics:

Game-1: She scored 13 points (Spikes-9, Aces-2, Block-1). Enacoree beat 3:1 (25:21, 20:25, 25:15, 25:17)

Game-2: She scored 22 points (Spikes-13, Aces-2, Block-1). And Player of the Game. Enacoree beat 3:0 (27:25, 25:23, 25:15)

Game-3: She scored 24 points (Spikes-18, Blocks-2, Aces-4). And Player of the Game. Enacoree beat 3:2 (12:25, 17:25, 25:18, 25:12, 15:12)

Sergelenbaatar scored 278 points in the league all 18 games (Spikes-220, Blocks-22, Aces-36). And became the National league champion for the first time. In the 2019 National League, Enacoree team won their third gold medal of the tournament and their first League Title since 2011. Sergelenbaatararded the Most Valuable Player.

2020

Enacoree proved to be the strongest team to be reckoned with in the Championships as they have already clinched the title four times in a row in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.^[3] They won the Youth National Championship undefeated this year. At the 2020 Youth National Championship, Enacoree remained undefeated in the "B" group stage to reach the semifinals (Beat 2:0 Hobby Ace, Uurkhaichin, Dundgobi and MSUE),^[4] where they beat Erchim 3–0 to reach the final. In the final the team defeated Khilchin in straight sets to win the championship for the sixth time.^[5] Sergelenbaatar was awarded the MVP for two successive years.

Personal life

Sergelenbaatar has been practicing athletics, freestyle wrestling, basketball, and handball when she was a child. She has been practicing volleyball since she was 13 years old with her first volleyball trainer Munkhtulga.M.

She likes to watch Lee Jae-yeong, the outside spiker of the South Korea women's national volleyball team and Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders. Their body measurements are quite similar so she compares her play with her matches. Because Lee Jae-yeong is considered as one of the world's best players who takes an advantage of their shorter height in a volleyball play.

Clubs

Enacoree (2015-)

Awards

Club

2019 National League - Champion
2019 Tenuun-Ogoo Cup - Bronze medal
2019 Hobby Cup - Champion
2016 Hasu Cup - Champion
2015 MVA Cup - Champion
2016 MVA Cup - Champion
2017 MVA Cup - Silver medal
2015 Seniors National Championship - Gold medal
2019 Seniors National Championship - Silver medal, with Bulgan province team
2020 Seniors National Championship - Bronze medal, with Zavkhan province team
2016 Youth National Championship - Gold medal
2017 Youth National Championship - Gold medal
2018 Youth National Championship - Gold medal
2019 Youth National Championship - Gold medal
2020 Youth National Championship - Gold medal
2015 U18 National Championship - Gold medal
2016 U18 National Championship - Gold medal
2017 U18 National Championship - Gold medal
2016 “Super-8” U18 National Championship - Gold medal
2017 “Super-8” U18 National Championship - Gold medal
2015 Mongols children's sport game - Silver medal
2015 Mongolian children's sport game - Bronze medal

Individual awards

2020 Youth National Championship "Most valuable player"
2019 MVA National League "Most valuable player"
2019 Youth National Championship "Most valuable player"
2019 Hobby Cup "Best spiker"
2019 Tenuun-Ogoo Cup "Best server"
2019 Seniors National Championship "Most valuable player"
2018 Seniors National Championship "Best server"
2016 Youth National Championship "Best blocker"
2016 “Super-8” U18 National Championship "Best spiker"
2015 U18 National Championship "Most valuable player"
2016 U18 National Championship "Best blocker"
2017 U18 National Championship "Best spiker"

References

^ [1] - Interview, MVA National League-2019
^ "MVA National League-2019 Final series result". Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: MVA. 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
^ "KHILCHIN ALTAIN BARS, ENACOREE REIGN SUPREME AT 2020 MONGOLIAN YOUTH NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS". Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: AVC. 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
^ "Women's group A". Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: MVA. 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
^ "Knockout stage result". Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: MVA. 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2020-11-08.

External links

[1] [1] - Interview, MVA National League-2019

[2] "MVA National League-2019 Final series result". Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: MVA. 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2019-12-07.

[3] "KHILCHIN ALTAIN BARS, ENACOREE REIGN SUPREME AT 2020 MONGOLIAN YOUTH NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS". Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: AVC. 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2020-11-19.

[4] "Women's group A". Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: MVA. 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2020-11-06.

[5] "Knockout stage result". Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: MVA. 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2020-11-08.

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