Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan

Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (; born 3 June 1985, in Ulaanbaatar) is a retired boxer from Mongolia who became the first Olympic boxing champion from his country when he won the gold medal in the Bantamweight (-54 kg) division at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was the second Mongolian to win Olympic gold in any sport, with judoka Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar winning the first only a few days earlier.

Career

At the 2006 Asian Games winning the bronze medal in a lost bout against Korea's Han Soon Chul 19-29-.

At the world championships 2007 he won Silver when he beat Englishman Joe Murray 20-11 but lost in the finals to Sergey Vodopyanov 14–16.

In 2007, he won a gold medal at Asian Senior Boxing Championship, Ulaanbaatar.

Badar-Uugan fought for Mongolia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. American magazine Sports Illustrated picked him as the favorite to win Mongolia's first ever Olympic gold medal., which, however, was won by Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, who competed earlier in the games.

World Amateur Championships results

2007

Defeated Clive Atwell (Guyana) 25-8

Defeated Vittorio Parrinello (Italy) 19-14

Defeated David Oltvanyi (Hungary) 17-5

Defeated Héctor Manzanilla (Venezuela) RSCI 3

Defeated Joe Murray (England) 20-11

Lost to Sergey Vodopyanov (Russia) 14-16

Olympic Games results

2008

Defeated Óscar Valdez (Mexico) 15-4

Defeated John Joe Nevin (Ireland) 9-2

Defeated Khumiso Ikgopoleng (Botswana) 15-2

Defeated Veaceslav Gojan (Moldova) 15-2

Defeated Yankiel León (Cuba) 16-5

References

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1985 births

Living people

Bantamweight boxers

Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Olympic boxers for Mongolia

Olympic gold medalists for Mongolia

Sportspeople from Ulaanbaatar

Olympic medalists in boxing

Asian Games medalists in boxing

Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games

Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Mongolian male boxers

AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists

Asian Games bronze medalists for Mongolia

Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games

21st-century Mongolian people