Shin Joon-sup

Shin Joon-Sup (Korean: 신준섭; Hanja: 申俊燮; RR: Sin Jun-seob, born June 17, 1963, in Namwon, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea) is a former South Korean middleweight amateur boxer and Olympic Gold Medalist.[1]

In this Korean name, the family name is Shin.
Shin Joon-sup

Shin Joon-Sup on the 1984 Olympic podium
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Middleweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Seoul Middleweight
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1983 Rome Middleweight

Career

Shin began boxing at the age of 16 in 1980 and became a member of the South Korea national boxing team in 1983 to participate in the King's Cup Boxing where he won silver in middleweight.

Shin won the gold medal for South Korea in the middleweight division at the 1983 Boxing World Cup in Rome, Italy. In the quarterfinal bout, he beat 1976 Olympic silver medalist Pedro Gamarro by unanimous decision.

Next year, Shin won the Olympic gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, beating 1984 National Golden Gloves champion Virgil Hill in the final.

After the Olympics, Shin announced his retirement from boxing in order to focus on his studies. However, he returned to the ring in 1985 to win an Asian Games gold medal next year.

At the 1986 Asian Games, Shin easily won the middleweight gold medal, dominating all the opponents in the tourney. He didn't turn professional, and permanently retired from competitive boxing after the Asian Games.

Post career

Shin earned a master's degree in physical education from Wonkwang University.[2] In 1992, he was named an assistant coach of the South Korea national boxing team for the 1992 Summer Olympics. Shin served as a part-time professor at the college before immigrating to the United States in 1996.

Since 2018, he has been serving as a head coach of the boxing organization in Namwon.[3][2]

Results
1983 Boxing World Cup
Event Round Result Opponent Score
Middleweight Quarterfinal Win Venezuela Pedro Gamarro 5-0
Semifinal Win Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nusret Redzepi 5-0
Final Win Italy Noe Cruciani 4-1
1984 Summer Olympics
Event Round Result Opponent Score
Middleweight First Win Uganda Patrick Lihanda 5-0
Second Win Canada Rick Duff 4-1
Quarterfinal Win Nigeria Jerry Okorodudu 4-1
Semifinal Win Puerto Rico Arístides González 4-1
Final Win United States Virgil Hill 3-2

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sin Jun-Seop". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  2. "1984년 LA올림픽 복싱 금메달리스트 신준섭 동문, 모교 방문" (in Korean). 원광대학교. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  3. "신준섭 LA 올림픽 복싱 금메달리스트, 남원시청 감독 부임" (in Korean). News1. 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2019-10-07.


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