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]
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| Born | December 1, 1969 (age 55) 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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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
editReferences
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)
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