Choe Chol-su
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| Born | December 1, 1969 (age 54) Kaesong, North Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chosŏn'gŭl | 최철수 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hancha | 崔鐵洙 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Choe Cheolsu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Ch'ŏlsu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Choe Chol-su (Korean: 최철수; born December 1, 1969) is a North Korean boxer who won the gold medal in the men's Flyweight (51 kg) category at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[1]
Olympic results
[edit]- Defeated Moustafa Esmail (Egypt) 7-4
- Defeated Paul Ingle (Great Britain) 13-12
- Defeated Robbie Peden (Australia) 25-11
- Defeated István Kovács (Hungary) 10-5
- Defeated Raúl González (Cuba) 12-2
Ingle, Peden and Kovács all went on to become professional boxing world champions.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "DPRK Sportspersons Prove Successful at Olympic Games". Korean Central News Agency. August 2, 2012. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Choe Chol-su". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Boxing record for Choe Chol-su from BoxRec (registration required)
1904: 105 lb (47.6 kg) · 1920–1936: 112 lb (50.8 kg) · 1948–1964: 51 kg · 1968–2008: 48–51 kg · 2012: 49–52 kg · 2016: 50–52 kg · 2020–2024: up to 52 kg · 2024–: up to 51 kg | |
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- 1969 births
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- Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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