Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan
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 Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan |
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| Men's Boxing | ||
Competitor for  Mongolia |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 2008 Beijing | Bantamweight |
| Asian Games | ||
| Bronze | 2006 Doha | Bantamweight |
| World Amateur Championships | ||
| Silver | 2007 Chicago | Bantamweight |
| Asian Championships | ||
| Gold | 2007 Ulan Bator | Bantamweight |
Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (Mongolian: Энхбатын Бадар-Ууган; born June 3, 1985 in Ulaanbaatar) is an amateur 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 almost was 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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[edit] Career
At the 2006 Asian Games winning the bronze medal in a lost bout against Korea's Han Soon Chul 19-29-.[1]
At the world championships 2007 he won Silver when 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.,[2] which, however, was won by Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, who competed earlier in the games.
[edit] World amateur championships results
2007
- Defeated Clive Atwell (Guyana) 25-8
- Defeated Vittorio Parrinello (Italy) 19-14
- Defeated David Oltvanyi (Hungary) 17-5
- Defeated Hector Manzanilla (Venezuela) RSCI 3
- Defeated Joe Murray (England) 20-11
- Lost to Sergey Vodopyanov (Russia) 14-16
[edit] Olympic games results
2008
- Defeated Oscar 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 Leon (Cuba) 16-5
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