Han Soo-ann (18 June 1926 – 4 January 1998) was a South Korean

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Biography

Han graduated from

Sungkyunkwan University Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU or simply ''Seongdae'', Hangul: 성균관대학교; Hanja: 成均館大學校) is a private comprehensive research university in South Korea. The institution traces its origins to the historic Sungkyunkwan, founde ...

and served the military as an officer,making one of the first korean boxing teams in the navy. Han competed for South Korea at the

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held in

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in the flyweight event where he finished in third place. Han also competed for at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

held in

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in the flyweight event where he was a quarterfinalist.

1948 Olympic results

Below is the record of Han Soo-An, a South Korean flyweight boxer who competed at the 1948 London Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Robert Gausterer (Austria) on points * Round of 16: defeated Maxim Cochin (France) on points * Quarterfinal: defeated Appie Corman (Netherlands) by a second-round knockout * Semifinal: lost to Spartaco Bandinelli (Italy) on points * Bronze-Medal Bout: defeated Fratisek Majdloch (Czechoslovakia) on points (was awarded bronze medal)

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* 1926 births Olympic boxers for South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics 1998 deaths Olympic medalists in boxing Sungkyunkwan University alumni People from Cheonan South Korean male boxers Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Flyweight boxers Sportspeople from South Chungcheong Province {{SouthKorea-boxing-bio-stub