Gu Yong-ju

Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing North Korea
	Montreal 1976	Bantamweight

Gu Yong-ju
Chosŏn'gŭl	구영조
Revised Romanization	Gu Yeongjo
McCune–Reischauer	Ku Yŏngjo

This is a Korean name; the family name is Ku.

Gu Yong-jo (July 17, 1955 – March 2001) was a boxer from North Korea, who won the gold medal in the bantamweight (– 54 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. In the final, he defeated American boxer Charles Mooney.^[1] In 1980, he competed in the featherweight division and lost his first bout to Krzysztof Kosedowski of Poland.

Olympic results

1976

1st round bye
Defeated Ibrahim Faredin (Romania) 4-1
Defeated Chacho Andreykovski (Bulgaria) 5-0
Defeated Weerachart Saturngrun (Thailand) 5-0
Defeated Pat Cowdell (Great Britain) 4-1
Defeated Charles Mooney (United States) 5-0

1980

Lost to Krzysztof Kosedowski (Poland) 0-5

References

↑ "DPRK Sportspersons Prove Successful at Olympic Games". Korean Central News Agency. August 2, 2012.

External links

Olympic profile

Olympic Boxing Champions in Men's Bantamweight

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

1904: Oliver Kirk (USA) 1908: Henry Thomas (GBR) 1920: Clarence Walker (RSA) 1924: William Smith (RSA) 1928: Vittorio Tamagnini (ITA) 1932: Horace Gwynne (CAN) 1936: Ulderico Sergo (ITA) 1948: Tibor Csík (HUN) 1952: Pentti Hämäläinen (FIN) 1956: Wolfgang Behrendt (EUA) 1960: Oleg Grigoryev (URS) 1964: Takao Sakurai (JPN) 1968: Valerian Sokolov (URS) 1972: Orlando Martínez (CUB) 1976: Gu Yong-ju (PRK) 1980: Juan Hernández (CUB) 1984: Maurizio Stecca (ITA) 1988: Kennedy McKinney (USA) 1992: Joel Casamayor (CUB) 1996: István Kovács (HUN) 2000–2004: Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB) 2008: Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (MGL) 2012: Luke Campbell (GBR)

Asian Games Boxing Champions in Men's Flyweight

1954–2006: 51 kg 2010–present: 52 kg

1954: Ernesto Sajo (PHI) 1958: Akio Maki (JPN) 1962: Chung Shin-cho (KOR) 1966: Son Young-chan (KOR) 1970: Jee Yong-ju (KOR) 1974: Gu Yong-ju (PRK) 1987: Ishii Kouki (JPN) 1982: Sanguo Teraporn (THA) 1986: Kim Kwang-sun (KOR) 1990: Lee Chang-kwan (KOR) 1994: Elias Recaido (PHI) 1998: Pramuansak Phosuwan (THA) 2002: Somjit Jongjohor (THA) 2006: Violito Payla (PHI) 2010: Rey Saludar (PHI) 2014: Ilyas Suleimenov (KAZ)

Asian Games Boxing Champions in Men's Featherweight

1954–2006: 57 kg

1954: Park Kum-hyun (KOR) 1958: Isami Ikeyama (JPN) 1962: Samphan Payonrathana (THA) 1966: Kim Sung-eun (KOR) 1970: Kim Sung-eun (KOR) 1974: Yoo Jong-man (KOR) 1978: Gu Yong-ju (PRK) 1982: Yo Ryon-sik (PRK) 1986: Park Hyung-ok (KOR) 1990: Raiman Boonthom (THA) 1994: Somluck Kamsing (THA) 1998: Somluck Kamsing (THA) 2002: Mehrullah Lassi (PAK) 2006: Bahodirjon Sultonov (UZB)

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