Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan

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 Olympic gold in any sport, with judoka Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar winning the first only a few days earlier.

In this Mongolian name, the given name is Badar-Uugan. Enkhbatiin is a patronymic, not a family name.
Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan
28 September 2008
Statistics
Weight classBantamweight
Weight(s)54 kg (119 lb)
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Born3 June 1985 (1985-06-03) (age 38)
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Mongolia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Bantamweight
World Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Chicago Bantamweight
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Bantamweight
World University Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Almaty Bantamweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Ulaanbaatar Bantamweight
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Flyweight

Career

At the 2006 Asian Games winning the bronze medal in a lost bout against Korea's Han Soon Chul 19-29-.[2]

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.,[3] which, however, was won by Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, who competed earlier in the games.

World Amateur Championships results

2007

Olympic Games results

2008

References
  1. 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.
  2. Bantamweight semifinals results
  3. "SI". Archived from the original on 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2008-08-13.


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