Chung Dong-hoon (born 1932) also spelled Chung Dong-hun, is a former

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from

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. A native of

Jeollanam-do South Jeolla Province (; ''Jeollanam-do''; ), also known as Jeonnam, is a province of South Korea. South Jeolla has a population of 1,902,324 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Honam region at the southwestern tip of the Korean ...

, he graduated from

Chosun University Chosun University () is one of the oldest private universities in South Korea. Its campus is situated in Gwangju metropolitan city, in southwestern South Korea. Around 33,000 students are enrolled. Academics Undergraduate courses are offered ...

Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...

. He competed in the lightweight division at South Korea's April 1955 domestic Olympic national delegation qualifying tournament, and was victorious over Park Young-mu (朴英茂). The following year, he went to Melbourne, Australia to represent South Korea at the 1956 Summer Olympics in

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, where he lost to Ján Zachara of

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. He went on to compete for South Korea in

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in Tokyo, Japan, where he captured the gold medal in the boxing lightweight division of the games after defeating Shinichiro Suzuki from Japan in the final.

References

1932 births Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1958 Asian Games Sportspeople from South Jeolla Province Olympic boxers for South Korea Living people South Korean male boxers Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games Lightweight boxers {{SouthKorea-boxing-bio-stub