Hussain Shah

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. He remains the only Pakistani sportsperson to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games in the last fifty-plus years. 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.

Syed Hussain Alam Shah
Born
Syed Hussain Shah

(1964-08-14) August 14, 1964
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
1988 Seoul Middleweight
Asian Games
1986 Seoul Light Heavyweight
Asian Championships
1987 Kuwait City Middleweight
1989 Beijing Middleweight
South Asian Games
1984 Kathmandu Middleweight
1985 Dhaka Middleweight
1987 Calcutta Middleweight
1989 Islamabad Middleweight
1991 Colombo Middleweight
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