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Kim Song Guk

Kim Song-guk
Personal information
Nationality  North Korea
Born (1984-04-11) April 11, 1984 (age 33)
North Korea
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Featherweight
Kim Song-guk
Chosŏn'gŭl 김성국
Revised Romanization Gim Seongguk
McCune–Reischauer Kim Sŏngkuk

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.

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

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

2004 Olympic Games

2007 AIBA World Amateur Championships

2008 Olympic Games



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