Years before women’s wrestling was even a thing, Khutulun was dressing in the traditional male wrestling outfits and challenging men to fights.
In Mongolian wrestling, two opponents grab onto one another’s arms, and they have to use their body strength to knock the other one over.
When she reached her late teenage years, her father began to talk about setting her up with a future husband.
At the time, women never got a choice in who they married, especially if they were a princess.
Khutulun was strong and outspoken, saying that she would not allow her father to dictate who to marry.
Her brothers got to choose who they should marry, after all, and she was stronger than most men.
Wealthy men were traveling from all over the empire to challenge her, and lost their fleets of 100 horses. »
