Chung Shin-Cho (; born January 6, 1940) is a retired
amateur boxer
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History
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from
South Korea
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. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a silver medal in the
bantamweight
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The name for the class ...
in 1964.
Results
References
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1940 births
Boxers from Seoul
Flyweight boxers
Bantamweight boxers
Olympic boxers for South Korea
Olympic silver medalists for South Korea
Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic medalists in boxing
Asian Games gold medalists in boxing
Boxers at the 1962 Asian Games
South Korean male boxers
Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
Asian Games boxers for South Korea
Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games
20th-century South Korean sportsmen
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