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Nationality | North Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
North Korea |
April 11, 1984 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rated at | Featherweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kim Song-guk | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 김성국 |
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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