Kim Jung-joo

Korean spelling
Hangeul	김정주
Hanja	金貞 柱
Revised Romanization	Gim Jeong-ju
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Chŏngchu
See also : Korean name

Kim Jung-joo (born November 11, 1981 in Jinju , Gyeongsangnam-do ) is a former South Korean boxer . Kim was a bronze medalist at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, and a gold medalist at the 2002 Asian Games and 2004 Asian Championships.

Career

Kim played his first international championship in 2002 at the Asian Games , where he immediately won a gold medal in the welterweight division (-69 kg). He beat Non Boonjumnong , Thailand (28:13) in the semifinals . The following year he also took part in the World Championships , but had to admit defeat in the round of 16 to Baqtijar Artajew , Kazakhstan (29:10).

In 2004 Kim started at the Olympic Games and, after victories over Vitali Grushak , Moldova (23:20) and Juan Novoa, Colombia (25:23), reached the semifinals, which he won against the later silver medalist Lorenzo Aragón , Cuba (38:10), lost and thus won the Olympic bronze medal.

At the Asian Games in 2006 , Kim had to admit defeat in the first fight to the later silver medalist Angkhan Chomphuphuang, Thailand (22:16). In 2008 he was able to qualify for the Olympic Games via the Asian Olympic qualification tournament, in which he after a narrow victory over Jack Culcay-Keth , Germany (+11: 11) and further victories over John Jackson, British Virgin Islands (10: 0), and Demetrius Andrade , USA (11: 9), reached the semi-finals again in 2004, but this time had to be content with a bronze medal. He lost to Baqyt Särsekbajew , Kazakhstan (10: 6).

After this success, Kim ended his career and graduated as a physical education teacher.

Web links

• Kim Jung-joo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 14. Asian Games - Pusan, South Korea - October 1-14th 2002 . Retrieved May 8, 2013.
2. ↑ Sarsekbayev shines to deny Cuba , BBC August 24, 2008 (English).