Kim Jung-joo
Medal record | ||
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Men's Boxing | ||
Representing File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | ||
Olympic Games | ||
Bronze medal – third place | 2004 Athens | Welterweight |
Bronze medal – third place | 2008 Beijing | Welterweight |
Asian Games | ||
Gold medal – first place | 2002 Busan | Welterweight |
Asian Amateur Championships | ||
Gold medal – first place | 2004 Puerto Princesa | Welterweight |
Kim Jung-joo | |
Hangul | 김정주 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Jeong-ju |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chŏng-ju |
Kim Jung-joo (Korean: 김정주; Hanja: 金貞柱; born November 11, 1981, in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea) is a South Korean amateur boxer who won welterweight bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. Kim received a Master's degree in physical education from Sangji University in South Korea.
Career
He won a gold medal in welterweight at the 2002 Asian Games, beating Non Boonjumnong in the semifinals. Kim qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines. In the final he defeated Uzbekistan's Sherzod Husanov. He did not compete at the 2005 and 2007 world championships and was beaten in the first round at the 2006 Asian Games by Angkhan Chomphuphuang. He easily qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics, though, by beating Davran Khabirov and Dilshod Mahmudov.
Results
2003 World Championships
Event | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
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Welterweight | First | bye | ||
Second | Win | Finland Jari Fyhr | 25-11 | |
Third | Loss | Kazakhstan Bakhtiyar Artayev | 10-29 |
2004 Summer Olympics
Event | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
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Welterweight | First | bye | ||
Second | Win | Moldova Vitalie Gruşac | 23-20 | |
Quarterfinal | Win | Colombia Juan Camilo Novoa | 25-23 | |
Semifinal | Loss | Cuba Lorenzo Aragon | 10-38 |
2008 Summer Olympics
Event | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
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Welterweight | First | Win | Germany Jack Culcay-Keth | 11(+)-11 |
Second | Win | United States Virgin Islands John Jackson | 10-0 | |
Quarterfinal | Win | United States Demetrius Andrade | 11-9 | |
Semifinal | Loss | Kazakhstan Bakhyt Sarsekbayev | 6-10 |
External links
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Olympic boxers for South Korea
- Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Asian Games medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 2002 Asian Games
- Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- South Korean male boxers
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Welterweight boxers
- Sportspeople from Jinju
- 21st-century South Korean sportsmen