Pürevdorjiin Serdamba

Pürevdorjiin Serdamba (Mongolian: Пүрэвдоржийн Сэрдамба; born 18 April 1985) is a retired Mongolian amateur boxer. He won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in the junior flyweight division.^[1] He became the first Mongolian to win a gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2009.

In this Mongolian name, the given name is Serdamba. Pürevdorjiin is a patronymic, not a family name.

Pürevdorjiin Serdamba

P.Serdamba in 2008
Personal information
Birth name	Пүрэвдоржийн Сэрдамба
Nationality	Mongolia
Born	(1985-04-18) April 18, 1985 (age 40) Mongolia
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country	Mongolia
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light flyweight (48 kg)
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	(2008)
World finals	(2009) (2011)
Regional finals	(2007)
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Mongolia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Light Flyweight World Championships 2009 Milan Light flyweight 2011 Baku Light flyweight Asian Championships 2007 Ulaanbaatar Light Flyweight World University Championships 2010 Ulaanbaatar Light Flyweight 2006 Almaty Light Flyweight
Updated on 29 July 2012

Career

Southpaw Serdamba lost his first bout at the 2007 World Championships to David Ayrapetyan 7:34. He won a gold medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Milan, Italy defeating David Ayrapetyan.

Olympic results

2008 (as a Light flyweight)

• Defeated Ronald Serugo (Uganda) 9-5
• Defeated Luis Yanez (United States) 8-7
• Defeated Amnat Ruanroeng (Thailand) 5-2
• Defeated Yampier Hernández (Cuba) 8-8 (countback tiebreaker)
• Lost to Zou Shiming (China) shoulder injury, score 0:1

2012 (as a Light flyweight)^[2]

• Lost to Devendro Singh (India), score 16:11

World Championship results

2009 (as a Light flyweight)

• Defeated Miroslav Kovach (Czech) 10-3
• Defeated Paulo Carvaho (Brazil) 5-2
• Defeated Hovhannes Danielyan (Armenia) 6-4
• Defeated Li Jiazhao (China) 11-7
• Defeated David Ayrapetyan (Russia) 10-5 World Champion