Choe Chol-su
North Korean boxer (born 1969)
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| Born | December 1, 1969 (1969-12) (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
- 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
References
- ^ "DPRK Sportspersons Prove Successful at Olympic Games". Korean Central News Agency. August 2, 2012. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014.
External links
- 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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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–: up to 52 kg
- 1904:
George Finnegan (USA) - 1920:
Frankie Genaro (USA) - 1924: Fidel LaBarba (USA)
- 1928:
Antal Kocsis (HUN) - 1932: István Énekes (HUN)
- 1936:
Willy Kaiser (GER) - 1948:
Pascual Pérez (ARG) - 1952: Nate Brooks (USA)
- 1956:
Terry Spinks (GBR) - 1960:
Gyula Török (HUN) - 1964:
Fernando Atzori (ITA) - 1968:
Ricardo Delgado (MEX) - 1972:
Georgi Kostadinov (BUL) - 1976:
Leo Randolph (USA) - 1980: Petar Lesov (BUL)
- 1984: Steve McCrory (USA)
- 1988:
Kim Kwang-sun (KOR) - 1992:
Choe Chol-su (PRK) - 1996:
Maikro Romero (CUB) - 2000:
Wijan Ponlid (THA) - 2004: Yuriorkis Gamboa (CUB)
- 2008: Somjit Jongjohor (THA)
- 2012: Robeisy Ramírez (CUB)
- 2016:
Shakhobidin Zoirov (UZB) - 2020: Galal Yafai (GBR)
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