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Hussain Shah

1964 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hussain Shah is the 309th most popular boxer (up from 398th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 184th in 2019) and the most popular Pakistani Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Hussain Shah ranks 309 out of 496. Before him are Diego Corrales, Parinya Charoenphol, Bekzat Sattarkhanov, Joe Calzaghe, Mohamed Aly, and Mark Leduc. After him are Antonio Margarito, Odlanier Solís, Giovanni Parisi, Bruno Julie, Chris Eubank, and Ricky Hatton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Hussain Shah ranks 807. Before him are Chelsea Noble, Anthony Weiner, Jill Hetherington, Uxue Barkos, Christer Majbäck, and Markus Zimmermann. After him are Craig Fairbrass, Petar Hubchev, Mikko Kolehmainen, Lesley Lokko, Yoshinori Higashikawa, and Lotta Lotass.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Hussain Shah ranks 165 out of 217. Before him are Nazia Hassan (1965), Yash Pal (1926), Salma Agha (1956), Shahbaz Bhatti (1968), Baitullah Mehsud (1974), and Iqbal Theba (1963). After him are Chetan Anand (1915), Googie Withers (1917), Zia Mohyeddin (1931), Hina Jilani (1953), Ambika Soni (1942), and Robbie Brightwell (1939).

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Among BOXERS In Pakistan

Among boxers born in Pakistan, Hussain Shah ranks 1. 

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