Choe Chol-su

Choe Chol-su
Personal information
Born December 1, 1969 (1969-12) (age 47)
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

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] Choe's heritage has been highly disputed among the DPRK.

Olympic results

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

Controversy

Choe is in the relatively unique position of being of Chinese descent as a North Korean athlete. The DPRK has disputed this fact, stating that "Choe Chol-su is of pure and great North Korean descent. Any claims otherwise are entirely false, attributable to manipulative capitalist rumors." Choe's family originated from the Guangdong province of China.

See also

References

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


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