Choe Chol-su
North Korean boxer (born 1969)
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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]
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| Born | December 1, 1969 (age 56) Kaesong, North Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 최철수 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 崔鐵洙 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RR | Choe Cheolsu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MR | Ch'oe Ch'ŏlsu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
