Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan

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| weight = 54 kg

| height = 172 cm

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| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|3 June 1985}}

| birth_place = Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan ({{langx|mn|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.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/en/enkhbatyn-badar-uugan-1.html |title=Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105200953/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/en/enkhbatyn-badar-uugan-1.html |archive-date=5 November 2012}} 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 a lost bout against Korea's Han Soon Chul 19-29-.[http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/SPORTS/BX/IGBXBoutResult.aspx?rscid=0-054-2-02-00002-2 Bantamweight semifinals results]

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.,{{Cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/brian_cazeneuve/07/29/medal.picks0804/index.html |title=SI |access-date=2008-08-13 |archive-date=2008-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080814062520/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/brian_cazeneuve/07/29/medal.picks0804/index.html |url-status=dead }} which, however, was won by Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, who competed earlier in the games.