Han Soon-Chul (; born December 30, 1984) is an
amateur boxer
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from
South Korea
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who won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and competed at the
2006 Asian Games
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in the
Bantamweight (-54 kg) division winning the silver medal. At the 2010 Asian Games he won a bronze medal in the
lightweight (-60 kg) division.
Career
At the 2006 Asian Games he beat
Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan
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but lost against the
Philippines's Joan Tipon
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Career
Tipon also ...
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Bantamweight final results
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At the World Championships in 2007 he lost early to Ukrainian Maxim Tretyak.
At the second Olympic qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics
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, he lost to Hurshid Tajibayev but beat Dinesh Kumara Mahju for the all-important third place to qualify for the Beijing Olympics. He lost his first Olympic match to Héctor Manzanilla
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6:17.
Having moved up to the lightweight category, Han qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. He beat Mohamed Ramadan, Vazgen Safaryants
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, Fazliddin Gaibnazarov
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and Evaldas Petrauskas
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At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost to Jai Bhagwan (IND).
He w ...
before losing to Vasyl Lomachenko
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in the final.
References
1984 births
Living people
Bantamweight boxers
Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of South Korea
Olympic silver medalists for South Korea
Olympic medalists in boxing
Asian Games medalists in boxing
Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games
Boxers at the 2010 Asian Games
Boxers at the 2014 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
South Korean male boxers
Sportspeople from Seoul
Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
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Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games