Chung Dong-hoon

Chung Dong-hoon
Personal information
Born 1932
Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Alma mater Chosun University
Korean name
Hangul 정동훈
Hanja 鄭東薰[1]
Revised Romanization Jeong Dong-hun
McCune–Reischauer Chŏng Tonghun
Sport
Sport Boxing

Chung Dong-hoon (born 1932) also spelled Chung Dong-hun, is a former amateur boxer from South Korea. A native of Jeollanam-do, he graduated from Chosun University in Gwangju.[2] He competed in the lightweight division at South Korea's April 1955 domestic Olympic national delegation qualifying tournament, and was victorious over Park Young-mu (朴英茂).[3] The following year, he went to Melbourne, Australia to represent South Korea at the 1956 Summer Olympics in boxing, where he lost to Ján Zachara of Czechoslovakia.[4] He went on to compete for South Korea in boxing at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan, where he captured the gold medal in the boxing lightweight division of the games after defeating Shinichiro Suzuki from Japan in the final.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "拳鬪에大勝 鄭東薰金基洙選手堂堂優勝" [Big victory in boxing: Chung Dong-hoon, Kim Ki-soo both win]. The Dong-a Ilbo. 1958-06-02. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
  2. ↑ "拳鬪選手團名單" [Boxing athlete delegation list]. The Dong-a Ilbo. 1956-11-01. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
  3. ↑ "「아마」拳鬪閉幕" [Amateur boxing complete]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 1955-04-26. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
  4. ↑ "鄭選手判定敗『페터』級第二次戰" [Athlete Chung loses by decision in second featherweight match]. The Dong-a Ilbo. 1956-11-29. Retrieved 2014-07-06.