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 boxer and 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist.[1]
 Shin Joon-Sup on the 1984 Olympic podium | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's boxing | ||
Representing  South Korea
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| Olympic Games | ||
 |
1984 Los Angeles | Middleweight |
| Asian Games | ||
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1986 Seoul | Middleweight |
| World Cup | ||
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1983 Rome | Middleweight |
Career
editShin began boxing at the age of 16 in 1980 and became a member of the South Korea national boxing team in 1983, participating 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 did not turn professional, and permanently retired from competitive boxing after the Asian Games.
Post career
editShin 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.
He currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, running his own business. Since 2018, he has been serving as a head coach of the boxing organization in Namwon.[3][2]
Results
edit| 1983 Boxing World Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
| Middleweight | Quarterfinal | Win |  Pedro Gamarro
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5-0 |
| Semifinal | Win |  Nusret Redzepi
|
5-0 | |
| Final | Win |  Noe Cruciani
|
4-1 | |
| 1984 Summer Olympics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
| Middleweight | First | Win |  Patrick Lihanda
|
5-0 |
| Second | Win |  Rick Duff
|
4-1 | |
| Quarterfinal | Win |  Jerry Okorodudu
|
4-1 | |
| Semifinal | Win |  Arístides González
|
4-1 | |
| Final | Win |  Virgil Hill
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3-2 | |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "1984년 LA올림픽 복싱 금메달리스트 신준섭 동문, 모교 방문" (in Korean). 원광대학교. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ "신준섭 LA 올림픽 복싱 금메달리스트, 남원시청 감독 부임" (in Korean). News1. 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
External links
edit- Joon-Sup Shin at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Joon-Sup SHIN at Olympics.com
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