Shin Jong-hun

South Korean boxer

Shin Jong-hun

Personal information

Nationality

Korean

Born

(1989-05-05) May 5, 1989 (age 34)
Seoul, South Korea^[1]

Height

1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Korean name

Hangul

신종훈

Revised Romanization

Sin Jong-hun

McCune–Reischauer

Sin Chonghun

Sport

Country

South Korea

Sport

Boxing

Event

Light flyweight

Coached by

Lee Seungbae

Medal record

World Amateur Championships

	Baku 2011	Light Flyweight
	Milan 2009	Light Flyweight

Updated on 29 July 2012.

Shin Jong-hun (born May 5, 1989, Seoul) is a South Korean light flyweight amateur boxer.^[2]

Career

Shin won the light flyweight bronze medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, which was his first international competition, defeating Cuban champion Daniel Matellon Ramos in the quarterfinals.

At the 2010 Asian Games he lost early 3:17 to Birzhan Zhakypov.

At 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he came back strong, however, to win silver, losing the final to superstar Zou Shiming. He hereby qualified for the Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost his opening match to Aleksandar Aleksandrov.^[2]

Shin is currently boxing for the Seoul Metropolitan Government Boxing Club.^[when?]

Results

2009 World Championships

Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Light Flyweight	First	bye
	Second	Win	Lu Chia Lun	9-1
	Third	Win	Ronald Serugo	17-3
	Quarterfinal	Win	Daniel Matellon Ramos	14-5
	Semifinal	Loss	David Ayrapetyan	1-9

References

^ Olympedia: Sin Jong-Hun
^ ^a ^b "Sin Jong-Hun Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2018-02-24.