Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 3 June 1985 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | (age 39)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight class | Bantamweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight(s) | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (Mongolian: 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.[1] 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.