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 28 September 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 June 1985 (1985-06-03) (age 39) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight class | Bantamweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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. 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."
Career※
At the 2006 Asian Games, he got the bronze medal following lost bout against Korea's Han Soon Chul 19-29-.
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., 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※
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
- ^ Bantamweight semifinals results
- ^ "SI". Archived from the original on 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
External links※
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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- 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
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