Kim Jung-joo

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

Career

His first international championship played Kim at the 2002 Asian Games where he could win a gold medal in the welterweight ( -69 kg ) at first. He hit it in the semifinals Non Boonjumnong, Thailand ( 28:13 ). The following year he took part in the World Championships, had here but already in the second round Baqtijar Artajew, enter Kazakhstan ( 29:10 ), beaten.

Kim started in 2004 at the Olympic Games and reached after victories over Vitaly Grushak, Moldova ( 23:20 ) and Juan Novoa, Colombia ( 25:23 ) the semi-finals, he against the eventual silver medalist Lorenzo Aragon Cuba ( 38:10 ) lost and thus won the Olympic bronze medal.

In the Asian Games 2006, Kim had been in the first fight to the later silver medalist Angkhan Chomphuphuang, enter Thailand ( 22:16 ), beaten. In 2008 he was able to qualify through the Asian Olympic qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games, in which he claimed 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 ), as in 2004 again reached the semi-finals, but this time had to settle for a bronze medal. He lost to Baqyt Särsekbajew, Kazakhstan ( 10:6 ).

After this success, Kim ended his career and received his degree in Physical Education.