Highlights of the ASBC National Federations – Mongolia earned Olympic Games, Asian Games and AIBA World Boxing Championships titles in the recent 12 years
The Asian Boxing Confederation introduces the best moments of its affiliated Asian National Federations launching a new PR campaign, the Highlights of the ASBC National Federations. Mongolia won titles in boxing in the Olympic Games, AIBA World Boxing Championships and Asian Games in recent 12 years. Their top star Enkhbat Badar-Uugan won the Olympic title at the bantamweight (54kg) in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Mongolia sent boxers at the very first time to the Munich 1972 Olympic Games where nine of their hopes competed in West Germany. Mongolia competed also at the Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980 and Seoul 1988 Olympic Games before the qualification system has been introduced in 1992. The Mongolians qualified boxers to each of the editions of the Olympic Games since Barcelona until Rio de Janeiro. Impressive number of six Mongolian boxers qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games which was their last appearance in the most important multisport event of the world.
Mongolia achieved altogether one gold, two silver and four bronze medals in the boxing history of the Olympic Games and the country is 32nd in the overall medal table. Boxing is the second most successful Olympic sport in Mongolia just behind judo. Their first Olympic bronze medal was achieved by Nergui Enkhbat at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games which was followed by Namjil Bayarsaikhan at the Barcelona 1992 edition.
Mongolia’s lone Olympic boxing gold medal was delivered by Enkhbat Badar-Uugan who won the bantamweight (54kg) in the Beijing 2008 Olympics. His fellow Purevdorj Serdamba also advanced to the final of the Games in Beijing but he was defeated by China’s local hero Zou Shiming in the title contest of the light flyweight (48kg).
Tugstsogt Nyambayar was only 20 by the time of the London 2012 Olympic Games but he achieved Mongolia’s second Olympic silver medal after Purevdorj Serdamba. The Mongolians earned also a second medal in London, a bronze which was taken by veteran Uranchimeg Munkherdene. Their ASBC Asian Champion Dorjnyambuu Otgondalai Mongolia’s latest bronze medal in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Mongolia achieved one gold, four silver and six bronze medals in the AIBA Men’s Elite World Boxing Championships. Rawsal Otgonbayar achieved their first medal, a silver at the Munich 1982 AIBA World Boxing Championships. Their Olympic Games silver medallist Purevdorj Serdamba has been crowned at the light flyweight (48kg) in the Milan 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships where Tugstsogt Nyambayar claimed silver.
Mongolia’s Nandintsetseg Myagmardulam collected the country’s first ever medal, a bronze in the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships which she captured in the New Delhi 2018 edition. Their top female talent, Namuun Monkhor claimed bronze medals in the 2015 AIBA Women’s Junior World Boxing Championships and at the 2017 AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships.
The Mongolians achieved altogether two gold, six silver and fifteen bronze medals in the boxing history of the Asian Games. The country produced wonderful results but they had to wait for the 2014 edition to get the first title which was taken by Dorjnyambuu Otgondalai. Mongolia repeated that performance in the lightweight (60kg) in Jakarta four years later when Erdenebat Tsendbaatar claimed their second Asian Games’ gold medal.
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