Chung Dong-hoon (born 1932) also spelled Chung Dong-hun, is a former

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from

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. A native of

Jeollanam-do South Jeolla Province (), formerly South Chŏlla Province, also known as Jeonnam (), is a province in the Honam region, South Korea, and the southernmost province in mainland Korea. South Jeolla borders the provinces of North Jeolla to the nor ...

, he graduated from

Chosun University Chosun University () is one of the oldest private universities in South Korea. Its campus is situated in Gwangju metropolitan city, in southwestern South Korea. Around 33,000 students are enrolled. Academics Undergraduate courses are offere ...

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. He competed in the lightweight division at South Korea's April 1955 domestic Olympic national delegation qualifying tournament, and was victorious over Park Young-mu (朴英茂). The following year, he went to Melbourne, Australia to represent South Korea at the 1956 Summer Olympics in

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, where he lost to

Ján Zachara Ján Zachara (; 27 August 1928 – 2 January 2025) was a Slovak boxer. Representing Czechoslovakia, he won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Zachara also competed in 1956, losing in a quarterfi ...

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. He went on to compete for South Korea in

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in Tokyo, Japan, where he captured the gold medal in the boxing lightweight division of the games after defeating Shinichiro Suzuki from Japan in the final.

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1932 births Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1958 Asian Games Martial artists from South Jeolla Province Olympic boxers for South Korea Living people South Korean male boxers Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games boxers for South Korea Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games Lightweight boxers 20th-century South Korean sportsmen {{SouthKorea-boxing-bio-stub