Mongolia’s women talents are ready to write history in Paris
Mongolia qualified three boxers for the Paris Olympics but two of them are able to participate in the French capital due to Chinzorig Baatarsukh’s doping case.
The Mongolian women’s boxing developed rapidly in the previous Olympic cycle with several medals in the World and Asian Championships and their progress guaranteed two quotas for them for Paris.
Mongolia sent boxers at the very first time to the Munich 1972 Olympic Games where nine of their hopes competed in West Germany. The Mongolians qualified boxers to each of the editions of the Olympic Games since Barcelona until Tokyo. Impressive number of six Mongolian boxers qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games which was their last peak performance in the Games.
Mongolia achieved altogether one gold, two silver and four bronze medals in the boxing history of the Olympic Games and the country is 35th 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 and he claimed a silver at the light flyweight (48kg). Their ASBC Asian Champion Dorjnyambuu Otgondalai earned Mongolia’s last top achievement, a bronze medal in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Yesugen Oyuntsetseg robbed into the world of boxing in 2018 when she reached excellent youth results and she moved down three categories in 2022 which was a strong decision from the coaching staff. The 23-year-old Mongolian qualified with a bronze medal from the Asian Games to Paris at the women’s light flyweight (50kg).
Munguntsetseg Enkhjargal achieved a gold medal at the 2022 ASBC Asian U22 Boxing Championships and a bronze at the 2023 Women’s World Boxing Championships. Following these successes, she proved her fantastic stamina at the 2nd World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event in Bangkok to get her flight ticket to Paris.
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