Chang Kyou-chul
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| Born | June 19, 1946 Seoul, South Korea[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | April 19, 2000 (aged 53) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Hangul | 장규철 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 張奎喆 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Jang Gyu-cheol | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Chang Kyuch'ŏl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 장순길 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 張淳吉[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Jang Sun-gil | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Chang Sun'gil | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Chang Kyou-chul (a.k.a. Chang Sun-gil; June 19, 1946 – April 19, 2000) was an Olympic boxing bronze medalist in South Korea. He renamed his name Kyou-chul to Sun-gil.[3]
Amateur career[edit]
Chang won Asian Championship gold medals in flyweight in 1965 and in bantamweight in 1967.
He won the bronze medal in the bantamweight category at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Chang defeated 1967 European Championship bronze medalist Nikola Savov in the round of 16 and 1959 European Champion Horst Rascher in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Chang faced Eridadi Mukwanga of Uganda and knocked him down in the second round but lost by a split decision.
Results[edit]
| 1968 Olympic Games | ||||
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| Event | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
| Bantamweight | First | Win |  Mario Mendoza
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5-0 |
| Second | Win |  Wang Chee-Yen
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3-2 | |
| Third | Win |  Nikola Savov
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RSC 3 | |
| Quarterfinal | Win |  Horst Rascher
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5-0 | |
| Semifinal | Loss |  Eridadi Mukwanga
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1-4 | |
Pro career[edit]
Chang turned pro in 1970 but had limited success.
In his third pro bout, Chang received his first loss after facing future two-time World Champion Hong Soo-hwan. In 1971 however, he captured the OPBF Super Bantamweight title with a win over Koichi Okada. In 1973, Chang faced off against WBA Bantamweight World Champion Romeo Anaya in a non-title bout in Tijuana, Mexico but was knocked out in the 8th round. He lost the OPBF champion belt in 1974 to future WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Yum Dong-kyun and retired later that year.
References[edit]
- ^ Olympedia: Jang Sun-Gil
- ^ "張淳吉,2回戰에 밴텀級서判定勝" [Chang Sun-gil wins in bantamweight second round by decision]. Maeil Business Newspaper. 1968-10-14. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
- ^ "스타플레이어는 改名을 좋아한다" [Star players like renaming their names]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 1974-03-13. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
External links[edit]
- Boxing record for Kyu-Chul Chang from BoxRec (registration required)
- Jang Sun-Gil (Chang Kyou-Chul) at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Kyou-Chull Chang at Olympics.com
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- 1946 births
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