Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene
Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene (Mongolian: Уранчимэгийн Мөнх-Эрдэнэ (born March 20, 1982) is an amateur boxer from Mongolia who won the bronze medal in the 2012 Olympic Summer Olympics. He also competed in the 2006 Asian Games in the Lightweight (-60 kg) division and won the silver medal in lost bout against China's Hu Qing 22-38.
He also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics but he lost his bout at the round of 16 to Korea's Jong Sub-Baik 22-33.
In 2008 he failed in his first qualifier at lightweight against Jong Sub-Baik but went up a weightclass and qualified for the Olympics by winning the Junior Welterweight competition of the second qualifier against Akmat Madaminov.
In 2009, he won a bronze medal in the Light welterweight class at the World amateur championships held in Milan, Italy.
Olympic Results
Represented Mongolia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, boxing as a Lightweight (60 kg):
- Round 1/16 - Defeated Michael Medor (Mauritius) 29-23
- Round 1/8 - Lost to Jong Sub-Baik (South Korea) 22-33
Represented Mongolia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, boxing as a Light Welterweight (64 kg):
- Round 1/16 - Defeated Hastings Bwalya (Zambia) 12-8
- Round 1/8 - Defeated Boris Georgiev (Bulgaria) 10-3
- Quarterfinal - Lost to Alexis Vastine (France) 4-12
Represented Mongolia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, boxing as a Light Welterweight (64 kg):
- Round 1/16 - Defeated Zdenek Chladek (Czech Republic) 20-12
- Round 1/8 - Defeated Richarno Colin (Mauritius) 15-12
- Quarterfinal - Defeated Thomas Stalker (United Kingdom) 23-22
- Semifinal - Lost to Denis Berinchik (Ukraine) 21-29
World amateur championships
2009 (as a Light welterweight)
- Defeated Bela Gloner (Slovakia) 29-1
- Defeated Traian Lupu (Romania) 14-9
- Defeated Dario Vangeli (Italy) 15-4
- Defeated Oleksandr Klyuchko (Ukraine) 14-12
- Lost to Roniel Iglesias (Cuba) 4-6 (semifinal match, wins bronze)
2011 (as a Light welterweight)
- Defeated Babou Smaila (Cameroon) 20-10
- Defeated Lyndel Marcellin (Saint Lucia) 20-6
- Defetaed Mehdi Tolouti (Iran) 24-9
- Lost to Vincenzo Mangiacapre (Italy) 11-16 (quarterfinal)
2013 (as a Light welterweight)
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Aziz Bebitov (Turkmenistan) 3-0
- Defeated Ayrin Ismetov (Bulgaria) 3-0
- Defeated Sanjarbek Rakhmanov (Uzbekistan) 2-1
- Lost to Yasniel Toledo (Cuba) 0-3 (semi-final match, takes bronze)