Shin Joon-sup

Shin Joon- sup ( Hangul: 신준섭, Hanja :申俊燮; born June 17, 1963 in Namwon, Jeollabuk-do ) is a retired South Korean boxer. Shin won the gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games and the Asian Games in 1984.

Career

Shin began at the age of 16 years with the boxes and started back in 1982 for the South Korean box select the Tammer Tournament in Tampere, in which he finished third in the middleweight division. The following year, he participated in the World Cup in Rome and was able to this with victories among others Pedro Gamarro, Venezuela ( 5:0 ), Noe and Cruciani, Italy ( 4-1 ), winning, which he also qualified for the 1984 Olympic Games.

In the Olympics, Shin won the gold medal. During the tournament he beat Patrick Lihanda, Uganda (5:0), Rick Duff, Canada ( 4:1), Jeremiah Okorodudu, Nigeria (4:1), Aristides González, Puerto Rico ( 4:1), and in the final Virgil Hill, United States ( 3-2 ).

In 1986 Shin at the World Championships, but different in the first fight against Henry Maske, DDR (3:2), from. In the same year he was able after a final victory over Inphrom Narong, Thailand (5-0 ), winning the Asian Games.

After the career

Shin received a master's degree in exercise science at the Wonkwang University. In 1992 he was Assistenztrainier the South Korean Olympic team and worked for many years as a lecturer at the College before he emigrated to the USA in 1996.

He now lives in Atlanta, Georgia and operates its own business.

Source

  • Http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
  • Boxer ( South Korea)
  • Olympian (South Korea)
  • South Koreans
  • Born in 1963
  • Man
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