Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (; born 3 June 1985, in

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) is a retired boxer from

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who became the first Olympic boxing champion from his country when he won the gold medal in the Bantamweight (-54 kg) division at the

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

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winning the first only a few days earlier.

Career

At the 2006 Asian Games, he got the bronze medal following a lost bout against

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'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

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 (Guyana) 25-8 *Defeated

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(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

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(Mexico) 15-4 *Defeated John Joe Nevin (Ireland) 9-2 *Defeated Khumiso Ikgopoleng (Botswana) 15-2 *Defeated

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(Moldova) 15-2 *Defeated Yankiel León (Cuba) 16-5

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Badar-Uugan, Enkhbatyn 1985 births Living people Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Mongolia Olympic gold medalists for Mongolia Boxers 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 sportsmen