Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan
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| Men's Boxing | ||
Representing  Mongolia
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | Bantamweight |
| Asian Games | ||
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2006 Doha | Bantamweight |
| World Amateur Championships | ||
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2007 Chicago | Bantamweight |
| Asian Championships | ||
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2007 Ulaanbaatar | Bantamweight |
Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (Template:Lang-mn; 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 almost was the first Mongolian to win Olympic gold in any sport but was beaten by Judoka Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar by a couple of days.
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 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.,[2] 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
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1904: 105–115 lb (47.6–52.2 kg), 1908: −116 lb (52.6 kg), 1920–1928: 112–118 lb (50.8–53.5 kg), 1932–1936: 112–119 lb (50.8–54.0 kg), 1948–2008: 51–54 kg, 2012: 52–56 kg, 2016: 53–56 kg | |
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- 1985 births
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- Bantamweight boxers
- Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of 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
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