Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene

Urantschimegiin monk - Erdene (Mongolian Уранчимэгийн Мөнх - Эрдэнэ; born March 20, 1982 in Arvaikheer, Öwörchangai Aimag ) is a Mongolian boxer in the Light Welterweight. Monk - Erdene was bronze medalist of the Asian Championship in 2002 and the World Championships 2009 and 2013, silver medalist at the Asian Games in 2006 and the Asian Championships in 2013, Gold Medal winner of the Asian Championships in 2011, participants of the 2008 Olympics and bronze medalist of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Career

17 years old, took monk - Erdene first time participate in the Asian Championships in 1999. He retired bantamweight ( 54kg - ) but startent in the quarterfinals to eventual runner- Talaibek Kadyraliev, Kyrgyzstan ( 13:6 ). Only in 2002 we saw him again at the Asian Championships as he, this time in the featherweight ( 57kg - ) startent, after two wins in the semi-final against Suttisak Samaksaman, Thailand, lost and thus won the bronze medal. At the Asian Games in the same year monk - Erdene difference in the first Kapf prematurely against Mehrullah Lassi, Pakistan (RSC 3 ), from.

In 2003, Monk Erdene first time at the world championships and failed in the Lightweight ( - 60kg) after beating Gheorghe Lungu, Romania ( 20:17 ), and Khurshed Djuraev, Tajikistan ( 34:16 ), the eventual runners Pichai Sayotha, Thailand ( 30:27 ), in the quarterfinals.

After that, it was long. Quiet around monk - Erdene and in 2006 he started again at the World Student Championships, where he won the bronze medal At the Asian Games in the same year he won after victories among others against the vice-champion of the Asian Games in 2002 Baik Jong Sub, South Korea ( 31:20 ), and against the Olympian from 2004 Bekzod Khidirov, Uzbekistan and a final defeat by Hu Qing, China ( 38:22 ), the silver medal.

However, in the following year monk - Erdene difference at the Asian Championships again in the first fight against Houman Karani, Iran ( 27:12 ), and also at the World Championships in 2007, he failed in the Light Welterweight ( - 64kg ) after a victory over Éverton Lopes, Brazil ( 26:19 ), in the second battle at Pichai Sayotha, Thailand ( 27:13 ). To nevertheless reach the so missed qualifying for the Olympics yet, took monk - Erdene 2008 to the two Asian Olympic qualifying tournaments in Bangkok and Astana in part to provide an early to Baik Jong Sub, South Korea, failed in Bangkok ( 25:6 ), but Astana won the tournament, reaching the Olympic qualification.

At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 monk - Erdene won against Hastings Bwalya, Zambia ( 12:8 ), and Boris Georgiev, Bulgaria ( 10:3 ) before the quarter-finals to Alexis Vastine, France ( 12:4 ), failed.

2009 won monk - Erdene at the World Championships after victories over Gloner Bela, Slovakia ( 29:1 ), Traian Lupu, Romania ( 14:9 ), Dario Vangeli, Italy ( 15:4 ) and Olexandr Klyuchko, Ukraine ( 14:12) and a semi-final defeat against eventual champions Rosniel Iglesias, Cuba ( 6:4 ), the bronze medal.

His biggest success in addition to the bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships monk - Erdene won in 2011, when he at the Asian Championships after a final victory over Sang- Hyuk Park, South Korea ( 21:8 ), won the gold medal.

At the world championships in the same year monk - Erdene reached after victories over Babou Mahaman Smaila, Cameroon ( 20:10), Lyndell Marcellin, Saint Lucia ( 20:6 ) and Mehdi Tolouti, Iran ( 24:9 ), the quarter-finals, which he against Vincenzo Mangiacapre, Italy ( 16:11), lost. This 5th place he qualified but directly for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London monk - Erdene won after victories in the first round over Zdenek Chladek, Czech Republic ( 20:12), in the second round about Rich Arno Colin, Maritius ( 15:12 ), and in the semi-finals just over the local hero Thomas Stalker ( 23:22 ), and a defeat in the semi-final against Denys Berinchyk, Ukraine ( 29:21 ), the bronze medal.

2013 took monk - Erdene part in the Asian Championships in Amman and won the silver medal. At the world championships in the same year he reached after victories among others over the Asian champions from 2009 Sanzharbek Rakhmonov, Uzbekistan (2:1), the semi-finals. In this he faced the Cuban Yasniel Toledo, where he was defeated 3-0 judges' votes.