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Chung Shin-Cho (Hangul

Hangul

Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...

: 정신조, Hanja

Hanja

Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...

: 鄭申朝) (born January 6, 1940 in Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

) is a former amateur boxer

Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing is practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration and fighters wear head protection, so this type of competition prizes point-scoring rather...

from South Korea

South Korea

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He competed for South Korea in the 1964 Summer Olympics

1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...

held in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

in the bantamweight event where he finished in second place.

Results

1960 Olympic Games
Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Flyweight Flyweight Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb .-Professional boxing:...	First	bye

Second	Loss	Sergei Sivko Sergei Sivko Sergey Aleksandrovich Sivko was a boxer representing the Soviet Union.He competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the flyweight event where he finished in second place.-References:*...	0-5

1964 Olympic Games
Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Bantamweight Bantamweight Bantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds and up to 118 pounds . However, in Mixed Martial Arts it is 134-136 pounds . Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight...	First	Win	Hosni Farag	5-0

	Second	Win	Abel Almaraz	3-2

	Quarterfinal	Win	Fermin Espinosa	WO
Semifinal	Win	Juan Fabila Mendoza Juan Fabila Mendoza Juan Fabila Mendoza is a former Mexican boxer, who the bronze medal in the men's bantamweight category at the 1964 Summer Olympics.-References:**...	4-1
Final	Loss	Takao Sakurai Takao Sakurai was a former professional boxer who won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...	RSC 2

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