Erdenebat Tsendbaatar and Chinzorig Baatarsukh are strong favourites for Mongolia at the Tokyo Olympic Games
Mongolia qualified three boxers for the Tokyo Olympic Games and two of them are strong medal hopefuls in the event. ASBC Asian Champions as Erdenebat Tsendbaatar and Chinzorig Baatarsukh have got nearly one decade of international experiences and both names as podium contenders of their weight categories.
The Olympic Games will be starting with its first competition day on July 24 where altogether 289 boxers including 71 Asians attend for the 13 titles. The Mongolians earned one quota place at the Asian & Oceanian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event in Amman on March 2020 and following that two of their boxers qualified through the BTF Ranking.
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 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. 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).
Milan 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships silver medallist 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 and Asian Games winner Dorjnyambuu Otgondalai earned Mongolia’s latest bronze medal in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Their current star Erdenebat Tsendbaatar was quarter-finalist at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and since then he won the Jakarta 2018 Asian Games and also the 2019 and 2021 editions of the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships. The 25-year-old featherweight (57kg) boxer claimed also bronze at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships and his expectations are high in Tokyo.
Chinzorig Baatarsukh joined to the top national team in 2014 and claimed several silver medals in the Asian Championships and Asian Games before he earned his first title at the Dubai 2021 edition. The lightweight (63kg) boxer is in top shape and technically he is one of the best ones in the category. Mongolia’s third qualified boxer is strong Munkhbat Myagmarjargal at the women’s middleweight (75kg).
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