Hussain Shah

Syed Hussain Alam Shah
Born
Syed Hussain Shah

(1964-08-14) August 14, 1964 (age 59)
Lyari, Karachi, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Statistics
Weight(s)Middleweight
Boxing record
Total fights4
Wins3
Losses1
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Pakistan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1
Asian Games 1
Asian Championship 1 1
South Asian Games 5
Total 6 2 1
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Middleweight
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1986 Seoul Light Heavyweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Kuwait City Middleweight
Silver medal – second place 1989 Beijing Middleweight
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Kathmandu Middleweight
Gold medal – first place 1985 Dhaka Middleweight
Gold medal – first place 1987 Calcutta Middleweight
Gold medal – first place 1989 Islamabad Middleweight
Gold medal – first place 1991 Colombo Middleweight

Syed Hussain Shah (Urdu: سيد حسين شاه) (born August 14, 1964) is a retired Pakistani boxer from Lyari, Karachi Pakistan, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight division (71–75 kg) at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. This was the country's first ever Olympic boxing medal.[1] He remains the only Pakistani sportsperson to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games in the last fifty-plus years.[2] Only other Pakistani to ever win an individual Olympic medal is the wrestler Muhammad Bashir, who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

  1. ^ Pakistan's Shah Hussain reaches men's judo final 26 July 2014 Retrieved 26 July 2014
  2. ^ "Must watch: An unsung Pakistani hero comes to life in film 'Shah'". DAWN. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

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