- Jo Seok-Hwan
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Jo Seok-Hwan Personal information Full name 조석환 (hangul)
趙石煥 (hanja)Nationality South Korea Born October 15, 1979 Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Weight 54 kg (120 lb) Sport Sport Boxing Rated at Featherweight Medal recordOlympic Games Bronze 2004 Athens Featherweight World Amateur Championships Bronze 2003 Bangkok Featherweight Asian Championships Silver 2004 Puerto Princesa Featherweight Jo Seok-Hwan (born October 15, 1979) is a retired South Korean amateur boxer. He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics for his native East Asian country. There he was stopped in the first round of the Bantamweight (54 kg) division by Uzbekistan' Alisher Rahimov. Later Jo won the bronze medal in the Featherweight (57 kg) division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok.
He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won the bronze medal. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines. In the final he was defeated by Kazakhstan's Galib Jafarov.
In December 2008, Jo retired from boxing. He is currently serving as an assistant coach of the South Korea national boxing team.
Results
2003 World Championships Event Round Result Opponent Score Featherweight First Win David Mulholland 31-16 Second Win Ovidiu Bobirnat 25-14 Quarterfinal Win Aleksei Tishchenko 40-18 Semifinal Loss Galib Jafarov 32-17 2004 Summer Olympics Event Round Result Opponent Score Featherweight First Win Sedat Tasci 37-28 Second Win Benoit Gaudet 28-16 Quarterfinal Win Viorel Simion 39-35 Semifinal Loss Aleksei Tishchenko 25-45 References
Categories:- 1979 births
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- Olympic boxers of South Korea
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- Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
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