Shan Jun (; born 7 August 1994 in
Luliang, Yunnan) is a Chinese male
Lightweight
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Boxing
Professional boxing
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He won the bronze medalist at
Olympic Qualifying Tournament in June 2016 in
Baku, Azerbaijan
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, qualifying for the
Rio 2016 Olympics
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.
Career
Born in Xiaobaihu town (小白户镇),
Luliang county
Luliang County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Qujing, in the east of Yunnan province of southwestern China.
Administrative divisions
Luliang County has 2 subdistricts, 7 towns and 2 townships.
;2 subdist ...
,
Yunnan province
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, When Shan was a preteen, his brother and he went to
Qujing Sports School, he practised boxing and his brother did
sprint running
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there. At his age of 15, he won the champion in a teenagers boxing match held by
Kunming
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Sports Federation in 2009, soon afterwards he was a member of Yunnan provincial boxing Team. Although his boxing skills were so-so in the early days after being a member there, he got more and more excellent than the other exercisers because of his hard working to practise boxing. he won the 3rd in the National youth competition,
It was that he firstly took part in national events, in the next year he won the gold medal in the National youth competition.
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Sohu.com (2016-08-06) 山俊这小子真帅
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1994 births
Living people
People from Qujing
Sportspeople from Yunnan
Chinese male boxers
Lightweight boxers
Olympic boxers for China
Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for China
Asian Games medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games