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

1980

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