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| Nationality |  North Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1984-04-11) April 11, 1984 (age 40) North Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 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) category at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal.
Career
Southpaw Kim upset Germany's Vitali Tajbert at the Olympics 2004 but lost to Russian star Alexei Tichtchenko. He qualified for the Athens Games by topping the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, China. In the final he defeated Thailand's Somluck Kamsing.
At the Asian Games he lost to Uzbekistan's Bahodirjon Sooltonov in the semis and won bronze.
Amateur highlights
2004 Olympic Games
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Konstantine Kupatadze (Georgia) 25-14
- Defeated Muideen Ganiyu (Nigeria) 32-11
- Defeated Vitali Tajbert (Germany) 29-24
- Lost to Alexei Tichtchenko (Russia) 17-39
2007 AIBA World Amateur Championships
- Defeated Otoneil Ortiz (Virgin Islands) RSC 2 (0:57)
- Defeated Alejandro Rodríguez (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
2008 Olympic Games
- Lost to Daouda Sow (France) 3-13
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Song-guk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for North Korea
- Olympic boxers for North Korea
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 2002 Asian Games
- Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games
- North Korean male boxers
- AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
- Asian Games bronze medalists for North Korea
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Featherweight boxers
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