Choe Chol-su

Personal information
Born	December 1, 1969 (age 55); Kaesong, North Korea
Sport
Korean name
Hangul	최철수
Hanja	崔鐵洙
RR	Choe Cheolsu
MR	Ch'oe Ch'ŏlsu
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing North Korea
Olympic Games
World Amateur Championships
Asian Championships
Men's boxing
Representing North Korea
Olympic Games
World Amateur Championships
Asian Championships
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Choe Chol-su (Korean: 최철수; born December 1, 1969) is a North Korean boxer who won the gold medal in the men's Flyweight (51 kg) category at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.^[1]

Olympic results

Defeated Moustafa Esmail (Egypt) 7-4
Defeated Paul Ingle (Great Britain) 13-12
Defeated Robbie Peden (Australia) 25-11
Defeated István Kovács (Hungary) 10-5
Defeated Raúl González (Cuba) 12-2

Ingle, Peden and Kovács all went on to become professional boxing world champions.

References

^ "DPRK Sportspersons Prove Successful at Olympic Games". Korean Central News Agency. August 2, 2012. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014.

External links

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Choe Chol-su". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
Boxing record for Choe Chol-su from BoxRec (registration required)