Choe Chol-su (born December 1, 1969) is a
North Korea
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boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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who won the gold medal in the men's Flyweight (51 kg) category at the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in
Barcelona
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Olympic results
* Defeated Moustafa Esmail (Egypt) 7-4
* Defeated
Paul Ingle
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(Great Britain) 13-12
* Defeated
Robbie Peden
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(Australia) 25-11
* Defeated
István Kovács (Hungary) 10-5
* Defeated
Raúl González
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(Cuba) 12-2
Ingle, Peden and Kovács all went on to become professional boxing world champions.
See also
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Ku Yong-jo
Ku Yong-jo (July 17, 1955 – March 2001) was a boxer from North Korea, who won the gold medal in the bantamweight (–54 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the final, he defeated American boxer Ch ...
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1969 births
Living people
Flyweight boxers
Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for North Korea
Olympic boxers for North Korea
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Kim Il Sung University alumni
North Korean male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
People from Kaesong
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