Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan ( mn, Энхбатын Бадар-Ууган; born 3 June 1985, in

Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...

) is a retired

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from

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

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 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. He was the second Mongolian to win Olympic gold in any sport, with judoka

Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar Tuvshinbayar Naidan ( mn, Найдангийн Түвшинбаяр born 1 June 1984) is a former professional Mongolian judoka. He is the 2008 Olympic Champion, 2012 Olympic silver medalist, 2014 Asian games champion, 2017 Budapest Bronze ...

winning the first only a few days earlier.

Career

At the

2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

winning the bronze medal in a lost bout against

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Han Soon Chul Han Soon-Chul (; born December 30, 1984) is an Amateur boxing, amateur boxer from South Korea who won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and competed at the Boxing at the 2006 Asian Games, 2006 Asian Games in the Bantamweight, Bantamweig ...

19-29-. At the world championships 2007 he won Silver when he beat Englishman Joe Murray 20-11 but lost in the finals to

Sergey Vodopyanov Sergey Vodopyanov (russian: Серге́й Водопьянов) (born 20 September 1987 in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan) is a Russian amateur boxer best known for winning gold in the bantamweight class at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships. ...

14–16. In 2007, he won a gold medal at Asian Senior Boxing Championship, Ulaanbaatar. Badar-Uugan fought for Mongolia at the

in Beijing. American magazine ''

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'' picked him as the favorite to win Mongolia's first ever Olympic gold medal., which, however, was won by

, who competed earlier in the games.

World Amateur Championships results

2007 *Defeated

Clive Atwell Clive Junior Atwell (born 11 November 1988) is a Guyanese former professional boxer who competed from 2010 to 2015 and challenged for the WBC featherweight title in 2014. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games as a b ...

(Guyana) 25-8 *Defeated

Vittorio Parrinello Jahyn Vittorio Parrinello (born 8 August 1983) is an Italian professional boxer. As an amateur he competed in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Career At the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight he lost his first fight to 2004 silver medalist Worapoj Petchko ...

(Italy) 19-14 *Defeated

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(Hungary) 17-5 *Defeated

Héctor Manzanilla Héctor Manzanilla Rangel (born June 28, 1985 in Los Teques, Miranda) is a Venezuelan bantamweight boxer who has won a bronze medal at the Central American Games. He is most respected for giving amateur superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux one of th ...

(Venezuela) RSCI 3 *Defeated Joe Murray (England) 20-11 *Lost to

(Russia) 14-16

Olympic Games results

2008 *Defeated

Óscar Valdez Óscar Rafael Valdez Fierro Jr. (born 22 December 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former two weight world champion, holding the WBC super featherweight title from 2021 to 2022, and the WBO featherweight title from 2016 to 201 ...

(Mexico) 15-4 *Defeated

John Joe Nevin John Joseph "John Joe" Nevin (born 7 June 1988), is an Irish professional boxer. He is a two-time Olympian, and a London 2012 silver medalist. Early life John Joseph Nevin was born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, and is a member of the Travel ...

(Ireland) 9-2 *Defeated

Khumiso Ikgopoleng Khumiso Stephen Ikgopoleng (born 5 December 1979) is a coach and former boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's featherweight (– 57 k ...

(Botswana) 15-2 *Defeated

Veaceslav Gojan Veaceslav Gojan (born 18 May 1983) is a Moldovan amateur boxer who won Bantamweight bronze at the 2008 Olympics. He comes from the village of Grimăncăuţi, district of Briceni (north of Moldova) and is a member of the Central Sport Club Dinamo ...

(Moldova) 15-2 *Defeated

Yankiel León Yankiel León Alarcón (born 26 April 1982 in Jobabo) is a Cuban amateur boxer best known to win Silver at the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight. Career Leon won gold at the World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary in 2000 as a light fly ...

(Cuba) 16-5

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* * 1985 births Living people 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 for Mongolia Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games 21st-century Mongolian people {{Mongolia-boxing-bio-stub