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Shin Joon-sup

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

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.

Career

Shin 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

Shin earned a master's degree in physical education from Wonkwang University. 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.

Results

1983 Boxing World Cup
Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Middleweight	Quarterfinal	Win	Pedro Gamarro	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	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.

External links

• Joon-Sup Shin at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Joon-Sup SHIN at Olympics.com

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