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Full name | Choi Duk-hoon | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Seoul, South Korea | 5 March 1976||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Style | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sung Shin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Bang Dae-du | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Choi Duk-hoon (also Choi Deok-hun, Korean: 최 덕훈; born March 5, 1976, in Seoul) is a retired amateur South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category.[1] He produced a remarkable tally of three career medals, including a gold in the 74-kg division at the 2003 Asian Wrestling Championships in Delhi, India, and also finished tenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics, representing his nation South Korea. Having worked as a full-time employee for Sung Shin, Choi trained throughout his sporting career as a member of its wrestling team under head coach Bang Dae-du.
Choi highlighted his sporting career at the 2003 Asian Wrestling Championships in Delhi, India, where he captured a gold medal over India's Sanjay Kumar in the 74-kg division with a comfortable 7–0 decision.[2][3]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Choi qualified for the South Korean squad, as a 28-year-old, in the men's 74 kg class. Earlier in the process, he placed third in the same class at the Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan to guarantee a spot on South Korea's Olympic wrestling team.[4] He lost his opening match 2–6 to two-time reigning Olympic champion Filiberto Azcuy of Cuba, but bounced back to oust Poland's Radosław Truszkowski with a challenging 6–1 verdict. Placing second in the prelim pool and tenth overall, Choi failed to advance to the quarterfinals.[5][6]