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Choe Chol-su

Personal information
Born	December 1, 1969 (1969-12) (age 55) Kaesong, North Korea
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	최철수
Hancha	崔鐵洙
Revised Romanization	Choe Cheolsu
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Ch'ŏlsu
Medal record Men's boxing Representing  North Korea Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Flyweight World Amateur Championships 1991 Sydney Flyweight Asian Championships 1992 Bangkok Flyweight

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.

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

• Ku Yong-jo

References

1. "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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