Kim Jung-Joo

Kim Jung-Joo (born November 11, 1981 in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea) is a South Korean boxer who won a welterweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Kim received a Master's degree in physical education from Sangji University in South Korea.

Boxing Career

He won a gold medal in welterweight at the 2002 Asian Games, beating Non Boonjumnong in the semifinals, and won a gold medal at the Asian Boxing Championships in Philippines in 2004. He did not compete at the 2005 and 2007 world championships and was beaten in the first round at the 2006 Asian Games by Angkhan Chomphuphuang.He easily qualified for the Olympics, though, by beating Davran Khabirov and Dilshod Mahmudov.

Olympic results

2004 (as a welterweight)
*1st round bye
*Defeated Vitaly Grusac (Moldova) 23-20
*Defeated Juan Camilo Novoa (Colombia) 25-23
*Lost to Lorenzo Aragon (Cuba) 10-38

2008 (as a welterweight)
*Defeated Jack Culcay-Keth (Germany) 11-11
*Defeated John Jackson (Virgin Islands) 10-0
*Defeated Demetrius Andrade (United States) 11-9
*Lost to Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (Kazakhstan) 6-10

World amateur championships results

2003 (as a welterweight)
*Defeated Jari Fyhr (Finland) 25-11
*Lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev (Kazakhstan) 10-29

External links

* [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/228477.shtml Buijing 2008 Olympic Games ]
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AsianGames2002.html Asian Games 2002]