Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (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. 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-. 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., which, however, was won by Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, who competed earlier in the games.

World Amateur Championships results

2007

Olympic Games results

2008