Choi Chol-Su
Encyclopedia
Choi Chol-Su is a North Korea
n boxer
, who won the gold medal in the men's Flyweight (51 kg) category at the 1992 Summer Olympics
in Barcelona
.
Ingle, Peden and Kovács all went on to become professional boxing world champions.
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
n boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, who won the gold medal in the men's Flyweight (51 kg) category at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
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Olympic results
- Defeated Moustafa Esmail (Egypt) 7-4
- Defeated Paul InglePaul InglePaul Andrew Ingle is a retired featherweight boxer. As an amateur he competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. As a professional he won the IBF, European, British, & Commonwealth featherweight titles.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Ingle was a member of the 1992...
(Great Britain) 13-12 - Defeated Robbie PedenRobbie PedenRobert Lloyd Peden is a professional boxer from Australia.-Amateur career:Member of the 1992 Australian Olympic team as a Flyweight...
(Australia) 25-11 - Defeated István KovácsIstván KovácsIstván Kovács , nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra is a retired Hungarian boxer. As an amateur he won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was a world champion at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in flyweight and at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships...
(Hungary) 10-5 - Defeated Raúl GonzálezRaúl González (boxer)Raúl González Sánchez is a male boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal in the Men's Flyweight Division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the final he lost to North Korea's Choi Chol-Su...
(Cuba) 12-2
Ingle, Peden and Kovács all went on to become professional boxing world champions.