Kim Song-guk

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Kim Song-Guk (born April 11, 1984) is a North Korean boxer who competed in the featherweight (– 57 kg) category at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal.

Kim Song-guk
Personal information
Nationality North Korea
Born (1984-04-11) April 11, 1984 (age 40)
North Korea
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classFeatherweight
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Featherweight
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Chicago Lightweight
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Featherweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Ulan Bator Lightweight
Silver medal – second place 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Featherweight
Kim Song-guk
Chosŏn'gŭl
김성국
Revised RomanizationGim Seongguk
McCune–ReischauerKim Sŏngkuk

Career

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Southpaw Kim upset Germany's Vitali Tajbert at the Olympics 2004 but lost to Russian star Alexei Tichtchenko. He qualified for the Athens Games by topping the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, China. In the final he defeated Thailand's Somluck Kamsing.

At the Asian Games he lost to Uzbekistan's Bahodirjon Sooltonov in the semis and won bronze.

Amateur highlights

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2004 Olympic Games

2007 AIBA World Amateur Championships

2008 Olympic Games

References

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  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Song-guk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.