Gu Yong-Ju

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Gu.
Olympic medal record
Men’s Boxing
Gold Montreal 1976 Bantamweight

Gu Yong-Ju (born July 17, 1955) is a retired boxer from North Korea, who won the gold medal in the bantamweight (– 54 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. In the final he defeated US-boxer Charles Mooney.

[edit] Olympic Results

  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Ibrahim Faredin (Romania) 4-1
  • Defeated Chacho Andreykovski (Bulgaria) 5-0
  • Defeated Weerachart Saturngrun (Thailand) 5-0
  • Defeated Pat Cowdell (Great Britain) 4-1
  • Defeated Charles Mooney (United States) 5-0

[edit] References


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Olympic Champions in Boxing Bantamweight
1904: 105-115 lb (47.6-52.2 kg), 1908: - 116 lb (52.6 kg), 1920-1928: 112-118 lb (50.8-53.5 kg), 1932+1936: 112-119 lb (50.8-54.0 kg), 1948-2004: 51-54 kg
1904: Oliver Kirk • 1908: Henry Thomas • 1920: Clarence Walker • 1924: William H. Smith • 1928: Vittorio Tamagnini • 1932: Horace Gwynne • 1936: Ulderico Sergo • 1948: Tibor Csík • 1952: Pentti Hämäläinen • 1956: Wolfgang Behrendt • 1960: Oleg Grigoryev • 1964: Takao Sakurai • 1968: Valerian Sokolov • 1972: Orlando Martínez • 1976: Gu Yong-Ju • 1980: Juan Hernández • 1984: Maurizio Stecca • 1988: Kennedy McKinney • 1992: Joel Casamayor • 1996: István Kovács • 2000+2004: Guillermo Ortiz
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