Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan
Mongolian boxer (born 1985)
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Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (Mongolian: Энхбатын Бадар-Ууган; 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.[1] He was the second Mongolian to win an Olympic gold in any sport, with judoka Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar winning the first only a few days earlier.
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| Born | 3 June 1985 (age 41) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
At the 2006 Asian Games, he got the bronze medal following a lost bout against Korea's Han Soon Chul 19-29-.[2]
At the 2007 World Championships, he won the silver medal after defeating Englishman Joe Murray 20-11 but losing in the finals 14–16, to Russia's Sergey Vodopyanov.
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.,[3] 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