Choe Chol-su

Choe Chol-su (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]

This is a Korean name; the family name is Choe.

Choe Chol-su

Personal information
Born	December 1, 1969 (1969-12) (age 50)
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	최철수
Hancha	崔鐵洙
Revised Romanization	Choe Cheolsu
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Ch'ŏlsu
Medal record Men's boxing Representing  North Korea Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Flyweight

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.

See also

• Ku Yong-jo

References

1. "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