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North Korean boxer (born 1984)

Kim Song-guk

Personal information
Nationality North Korea
Born (1984-04-11) April 11, 1984 (age 40)North Korea
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Weight class Featherweight
Medal record Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Featherweight World Championships Bronze medal – third place 2007 Chicago Lightweight Asian Games Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Featherweight Asian Championships Gold medal – first place 2007 Ulan Bator Lightweight Silver medal – second place 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Featherweight
Kim Song-guk
Chosŏn'gŭl 김성국
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.

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.

2004 Olympic Games

2007 AIBA World Amateur Championships

2008 Olympic Games