Hangul 신종훈 Sport Boxing Height 1.68 m Role Boxer | McCune–Reischauer Sin Chonghun Name Shin Jong-hun Event(s) Light flyweight Weight 49 kg | |
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Born May 5, 1989 (age 35) ( 1989-05-05 ) | ||
Revised Romanization Sin Jong-hun | ||
Shin Jong-hun (born May 5, 1989) is a South Korean light flyweight amateur boxer.
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Career
Shin won the light flyweight bronze medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, which was his first international competition, defeating Cuban champion Daniel Matellon Ramos in the quarterfinals.
At the 2010 Asian Games he lost early 3:17 to Birzhan Zhakypov.
At 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he came back strong, however, to win silver, losing the final to superstar Zou Shiming. He hereby qualified for the Olympics.
Shin is currently boxing for the Seoul Metropolitan Government Boxing Club.
Results
2009 World Championships
References
Shin Jong-hun Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA