Kim Song-Guk

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Competitor for Flag of North Korea North Korea
Olympic Games
Silver 2004 Athens Featherweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze 2007 Chicago Lightweight
Asian Games
Bronze Doha 2006 Featherweight

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

[edit] Career

Southpaw Kim upset Vitali Tajbert at the Olympics but lost to Russian star Alexei Tichtchenko.

At the Asian Games he lost to Bahodirjon Sooltonov‎ in the semis and won Bronze.

Now at lightweight he qualified for the 2008 Olympics by advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He did so by beating Vazgen Safar-Yants of Belarus by a slim one point margin 19-18 but lost to Domenico Valentino 14:22 and won Bronze.[1]

[edit] Amateur highlights

2004 Olympic games

2007 AIBA World Amateur championships

  • Defeated Otoneil Ortiz (Virgin Islands) RSC 2 (0:57)
  • Defeated Alejandro Rodriguez Pereira (Spain) RSC 3 (1:49)
  • Defeated Vazgen Safar-Yants (Belarus) 19-18
  • Defeated Darley Perez (Colombia) 23-6
  • Lost to Domenico Valentino (Italy) 14-22

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships
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