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 and only Olympic boxing medal to date. He was the second Pakistani to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games . The only other Pakistanis to ever win individual Olympic medals are the wrestler Muhammad Bashir , who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics , and Arshad Nadeem , who won gold medal in Javelin throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics .
7-631: Shah was born in Lyari, Karachi. As a child Shah used to live on streets due to being homeless, he used to work as a labourer to earn money. Shah trained himself for boxing on the streets using garbage bags as a replacement for punching bags. Shah won his first gold medal at 1984 South Asian Games in Dhaka , along with Asghar Ali, Ilyas Ahmed and Muhammad Yousaf. At the 1987 edition of the Games in Kolkata , he
14-485: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Pakistani Olympic medalist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 1984 South Asian Games The 1984 South Asian Games (or 1st SAF Games ) was the first edition of South Asian Games . It was held in Kathmandu , Nepal from 17 to 23 September 1984. The number of disciplines were restricted to five only. India topped
21-514: The first South Asian Federation Games open amidst at colorful ceremony. Dasarath Stadium , Kathmandu hosted all events of 5 sports. Seven countries competed. A total of 373 athletes competed. There were 5 official sports for the 1st SAF Games. They were : * Host nation ( Nepal ) This article related to sport in Nepal is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Asian Games article
28-668: The international level. A biopic called Shah was released in Pakistan on 14 August 2015. The film chronicles Hussain Shah's poverty stricken childhood, his rise to fame as the Asian Boxing Champion and Olympic Bronze Medalist, his subsequent return to poverty and finally his migration to Japan to coach Japanese boxers. The movie is directed and written by Adnan Sarwar with music by Adnan Sarwar and Farhan Albert. This biographical article related to Pakistani boxing
35-413: The medal tally, winning 88 medals. Half of these medals were golds. There were 28 silvers and 16 bronze medals won by India. Sri Lanka followed India by winning 7 golds, 11 silvers and 19 bronze medals whereas Pakistan got 5 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronze medals. As the games were held for the first time, all the gold medalists created new games records which were shattered in the subsequent editions. However,
42-468: The two records created in swimming remain intact till date. Bula Choudhary of India won the 100-metre freestyle event clocking 1:2:81 whereas the Indian relay team won the 4x100 metre freestyle event which continue to find place in the record books. Football was the only team game which could fit into the scheme of the games. Its gold was claimed by Nepal. Majesty King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev declared
49-687: Was adjudged the 'best boxer'. At the 1988 Olympics he shared the podium with Kenya 's Chris Sande . He was Pakistan's first boxer to win any medal in olympic boxing. In 1989, the Lyari born boxer received Sitara-i-Imtiaz medal from Government of Pakistan . Shah, who has also to his credit five gold in the South Asian Games history, remained the best boxer of Asia from 1980 to 1988, a rare prominence achieved by any Pakistani pugilist so far. He later moved to Japan, where his son Shah Hussain Shah learned judo and went on to represent Pakistan at
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