North Korean boxer
Koo Yong-jo |
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Ku Yong-jo (right) standing and watching as East Germany's Andreas Schink goes down on the canvas |
Born | July 17, 1955 (1955-07-17) |
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Died | March 2001 (2001-04) (aged 45) |
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Ku Yong-jo (July 17, 1955 – March 2001[citation needed]) was a boxer from North Korea, who won the gold medal in the bantamweight (–54 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the final, he defeated American boxer Charles Mooney.[1] In 1980, he competed in the featherweight division and, after receiving a first-round bye, lost his first bout to Krzysztof Kosedowski of Poland.
Olympic results
Montreal 1976
Moscow 1980
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1904: 105–115 lb (47.6–52.2 kg), 1908: -116 lb (52.6 kg), 1920–1928: 112–118 lb (50.8–53.5 kg), 1932–1936: 112–119 lb (50.8–54.0 kg), 1948–2008: 51–54 kg, 2012: 52–56 kg, 2016: 53–56 kg |
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1954–2006: 51 kg • 2010–2018: 52 kg • 2022–present: 51 kg |
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