Name Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan Role Boxer | Martial art Boxing | |
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Olympic medals Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight Similar People Naidangiin Tuvshinbayar, Bruno Julie, Veaceslav Gojan | ||
Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (Mongolian: Энхбатын Бадар-Ууган; born June 3, 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 Olympics. He was almost the first Mongolian to win Olympic gold in any sport but was beaten by Judoka Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar by a couple of days.
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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
Olympic Games results
2008