Jo Seok-Hwan (born October 15, 1979) is a retired
South Korea
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amateur boxer
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He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics for his native East Asian country. There he was stopped in the first round of the Bantamweight (54 kg) division by Uzbekistan' Alisher Rahimov.
Later Jo won the bronze medal in the Featherweight (57 kg) division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok.
He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won the bronze medal. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the
2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships
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Puerto Princesa
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Philippines
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. In the final he was defeated by Kazakhstan's
Galib Jafarov
Galib Musa oglu Jafarov ( az, Qalib Musa oğlu Cəfərov); is a Kazakh boxer of Azerbaijani descent, best known to win the gold medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the Featherweight (– 57 kg) division.
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In December 2008, Jo retired from boxing. He is currently serving as an assistant coach of the South Korea national boxing team.
Results
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1979 births
Living people
Olympic boxers for South Korea
Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
Olympic medalists in boxing
Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games
South Korean male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Asian Games competitors for South Korea
Featherweight boxers
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