Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan

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 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

Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Mongolia
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Bantamweight
World Amateur Championships
2007 Chicago Bantamweight
Asian Games
2006 Doha Bantamweight
World University Championships
2006 Almaty Bantamweight
Asian Championships
2007 Ulaanbaatar Bantamweight
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-.[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

Olympic Games results

2008

References
  1. Bantamweight semifinals results
  2. SI
  • 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 2012-11-05.


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