Han Soon-Chul (; born December 30, 1984) is an

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from

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who won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and competed at the

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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

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but lost against the Philippines's Joan Tipon.Bantamweight final results
/ref> At the World Championships in 2007 he lost early to Ukrainian Maxim Tretyak. At the second Olympic qualifier for the

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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

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6:17. Having moved up to the lightweight category, Han qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. He beat Mohamed Ramadan,

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and

Evaldas Petrauskas Evaldas Petrauskas (born 19 March 1992 in Šilutė, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian boxer. He represented Lithuania at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and won a gold medal. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost to Jai Bhagwan (IND). He w ...

before losing to

Vasyl Lomachenko Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko ( uk, Василь Анатолійович Ломаченко, ; also spelled Vasiliy; born 17 February 1988) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes f ...

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 {{Korea-boxing-bio-stub Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games