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Last Updated: NKorean Defector, Boxing Champ Wants To Achieve More As a child in an authoritarian, socialist country, Choi Hyunmi s athletic talent was spotted early and her progress was accelerated by a coach keen to impress the leader of North Korea. As a child in an authoritarian, socialist country, Choi Hyunmi s athletic talent was spotted early and her progress was accelerated by a coach keen to impress the leader of North Korea. After packing the gloves away when her family defected to the South, it was boxing that helped her two years later after she faced discrimination. Nearly two decades after fleeing North Korea as a 13-year-old girl, Choi is South Korea s only boxing world champion.

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