Thein Myint () born January 14, 1937, in

Yangon Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...

) is a retired

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from

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, who won the gold medal at the

1958 Asian Games The 1958 Asian Games, officially the Third Asian Games () and commonly known as Tokyo 1958 (), were a multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 May to 1 June 1958. It was governed by the Asian Games Federation. A total of 1,820 athletes repr ...

in the men's

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(– 54 kg) division. He represented his native country at three consecutive

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, starting in 1956.

1960 Olympic results

Below is the record of Thein Myint, a Burmese bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1960 Rome Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Charles Reiff (Luxembourg) by decision, 5-0 * Round of 16: defeated Muhammad Nasir (Pakistan) by decision, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: lost to Oleg Grigoryev (Soviet Union) by walkover

1964 Olympic results

Below is the record of Thein Myint, a Burmese bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: * Round of 32: lost to Isaac Aryee (Ghana) by knockout

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* 1937 births Living people Burmese male boxers Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Myanmar Sportspeople from Yangon Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1958 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Myanmar Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games {{Myanmar-boxing-bio-stub