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Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan

エンクバット・バダルウーガン　/　えんくばっと・ばだるうーがん

Boxer from Mongolia

June 3, 1985 (age 41)　・　Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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My Take

Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan earns my deep respect for one simple, enormous fact: he won Mongolia's first ever Olympic boxing gold, taking the bantamweight title in Beijing 2008. Planting that flag for a country never before crowned in the ring is the kind of achievement that outlives a career. At 172 cm in a featherweight-margin sport, the nerve required to stand atop that podium is staggering. He is retired now, but I suspect his medal still hangs over every young Mongolian fighter's imagination. National pride is an overused phrase, yet it fits this man's fists exactly, and I admire that he carried it without fuss.

Overview

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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan
Name (Japanese): エンクバット・バダルウーガン
Reading: えんくばっと・ばだるうーがん
Born: June 3, 1985 (age 41)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Ox
Origin: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Blood type: Private
Height: 172 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: boxer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%80%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3

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