Han Soon-chul
{{Short description|South Korean boxer (born 1984)}}
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Han Soon-Chul ({{IPA|ko|han.sun.tɕʰʌl}}; born December 30, 1984) is an amateur boxer from South Korea who won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and competed at the 2006 Asian Games in the Bantamweight (-54 kg) division, winning the silver medal. At the 2010 Asian Games, he won a bronze medal in the lightweight (-60 kg) division.
Career
At the 2006 Asian Games he beat Mongolia's Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan but lost against Joan Tipon of the Philippines.[http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/SPORTS/BX/IGBXBoutResult.aspx?rscid=0-054-1-01-00001-1 Bantamweight final results]
At the World Championships in 2007 he lost early to Ukrainian Maxim Tretyak.
At the second Olympic qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics, he lost to Hurshid Tajibayev but beat Dinesh Kumara Mahju for the all-important third place to qualify for the Beijing Olympics. He lost his first Olympic match to Héctor Manzanilla 6:17.{{Cite web|title = Han Sun-Cheol Bio, Stats, and Results|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/han-sun-cheol-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417233505/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/han-sun-cheol-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-17|website = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate = 2015-09-18}}
Having moved up to the lightweight category, Han qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. He beat Mohamed Ramadan, Vazgen Safaryants, Fazliddin Gaibnazarov and Evaldas Petrauskas before losing to Vasyl Lomachenko in the final.
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Category:Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic boxers for South Korea
Category:Olympic silver medalists for South Korea
Category:Olympic medalists in boxing
Category:Asian Games medalists in boxing
Category:Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games
Category:Boxers at the 2010 Asian Games
Category:Boxers at the 2014 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:South Korean male boxers
Category:Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Category:21st-century South Korean sportsmen
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