Chang Kyou-chul

In this Korean name, the family name is Chang.

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]

Chang Kyou-chul

Personal information
Born	(1946-06-19)June 19, 1946 Seoul, South Korea[1]
Died	April 19, 2000(2000-04-19) (aged 53)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Medal record Men's boxing Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 1968 Mexico Bantamweight Asian Amateur Championships Seoul 1965 Flyweight Colombo 1967 Bantamweight
Korean name
Hangul	장규철
Hanja	張奎喆
Revised Romanization	Jang Gyu-cheol
McCune–Reischauer	Chang Kyuch'ŏl
Legal name
Hangul	장순길
Hanja	張淳吉[2]
Revised Romanization	Jang Sun-gil
McCune–Reischauer	Chang Sun'gil

Amateur career

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

1968 Olympic Games
Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Bantamweight	First	Win	Mario Mendoza	5-0
	Second	Win	Wang Chee-Yen	3-2
	Third	Win	Nikola Savov	RSC 3
	Quarterfinal	Win	Horst Rascher	5-0
	Semifinal	Loss	Eridadi Mukwanga	1-4

Pro career

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.