Kim Won-Il

Kim Won-Il
Personal information
Full name 김 원일
Nationality  South Korea
Born January 3, 1982 (1982-01-03) (age 30)
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 54 kg (120 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Bantamweight

Kim Won-Il (born January 3, 1982) is a South Korean boxer best known to win the gold medal in the men's bantamweight division at the Asian Games 2002.

In 2002 he bested Abdusalom Khasanov and Bekzod Khidirov in the final.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics he lost his first match to eventual Thai runner up Worapoj Petchkoom.

At the 2005 World Championships he competed in the featherweight division, and lost his first bout to Dmytro Bulenkov (Ukraine).

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