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Kim Jung-joo
Hangul	김정주
Hanja	金貞柱
Revised Romanization	Gim Jeong-ju
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Chŏng-ju

Kim Jung-joo
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing South Korea
Olympic Games
Asian Games
Asian Amateur Championships

Kim Jung-joo (Korean: 김정주; Hanja: 金貞柱; born November 11, 1981, in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea) is a South Korean amateur boxer who won welterweight bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.

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

Career

He won a gold medal in welterweight at the 2002 Asian Games, beating Non Boonjumnong in the semifinals. Kim qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines. In the final he defeated Uzbekistan's Sherzod Husanov.

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 2008 Summer Olympics, though, by beating Davran Khabirov and Dilshod Mahmudov.

Results

2003 World Championships

Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Welterweight	First	bye
	Second	Win	Jari Fyhr	25-11
	Third	Loss	Bakhtiyar Artayev	10-29

2004 Summer Olympics

Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Welterweight	First	bye
	Second	Win	Vitalie Gruşac	23-20
	Quarterfinal	Win	Juan Camilo Novoa	25-23
	Semifinal	Loss	Lorenzo Aragon	10-38

2008 Summer Olympics

Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Welterweight	First	Win	Jack Culcay-Keth	11(+)-11
	Second	Win	John Jackson	10-0
	Quarterfinal	Win	Demetrius Andrade	11-9
	Semifinal	Loss	Bakhyt Sarsekbayev	6-10

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