Shin Joon-Sup

Career

In the quarterfinal bout, he beat 1976 Olympic silver medalist Pedro Gamarro by unanimous decision. After the Olympics, Shin announced his retirement from boxing in order to focus on his studies. He didn"t turn professional, and permanently retired from competitive boxing after the Asian Games.

Shin earned a master"s degree in physical education from Wonkwang University.

In 1992, he was named an assistant coach of the South of Korea national boxing team for the 1992 Summer Olympics. Shin served as a part-time professor at the college before immigrating to the United States in 1996.

He currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, running his own business.

Achievements

• Shin began boxing at the age of 16 in 1980 and became a member of the South of Korea national boxing team in 1983 to participate in the King"s Cup Boxing where he won silver in middleweight. Shin won the gold medal for South of Korea in the middleweight division at the 1983 Boxing World Cup in Rome, Italy. Next year, Shin won the Olympic gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, beating 1984 National Golden Gloves champion Virgil Hill in the final. However, he returned to the ring in 1985 to win an Asian Games gold medal next year. At the 1986 Asian Games, Shin easily won the middleweight gold medal, dominating all the opponents in the tourney.