Kim Won-il (boxer)
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| Full name | 김원일 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Born | January 3, 1982 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||
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Kim Won-il (born January 3, 1982) is a South Korean boxer best known for winning the gold medal in the men's bantamweight division at the Asian Games 2002.
In 2002 he bested Abdusalom Khasanov and Bekzod Khidirov in the final.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics he lost his first match to eventual Thai runner up Worapoj Petchkoom.
At the 2005 World Championships he competed in the featherweight division, and lost his first bout to Dmytro Bulenkov (Ukraine).
References
[edit]- 2002
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Won-il". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
1954–2006: 54 kg • 2010–2018: 56 kg | |
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- 1982 births
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- Bantamweight boxers
- Olympic boxers for South Korea
- Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in boxing
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- South Korean male boxers
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- 21st-century South Korean sportsmen
- South Korean boxing biography stubs