Ri Byong-uk (born November 7, 1954) is a retired
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
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boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
* Boxer snipe ee ...
, who won two Olympic medals in the men's Light Flyweight (48 kg) category.
Olympic results
1976
* Defeated
Sidney McKnight (Canada) KO 1
* Defeated
Henryk Średnicki
Henryk Średnicki (17 January 1955, Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland – 10 April 2016, Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland) was a Polish amateur boxer who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1976.
Średnicki was best ...
(Poland) 3-2
* Defeated
Armando Guevara
Ramón Armando Guevara (born January 16, 1955) is a former boxer from Venezuela, who twice competed at the Summer Olympics: 1976 and 1980. He won the bronze medal at the 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The World Amateur Boxing Cham ...
(Venezuela) 3-2
* Defeated
Payao Poontarat
Payao Poontarat ( th, พเยาว์ พูนธรัตน์; ; October 18, 1956 – August 13, 2006) was a Thai boxer who, at the age of 18, won the bronze medal in the men's Light flyweight (-48 kg) category at the 1976 Summer ...
(Thailand) RSC 2
* Lost to
Jorge Hernández (Cuba) 1-4
1980
* Defeated
Henryk Pielesiak
Henryk Pielesiak (9 August 1955 – 25 October 2005) was a Polish boxer. He competed in the men's light flyweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, L ...
(Poland) 3-2
* Defeated
Gilberto Sosa
Gilberto Sosa (born 23 September 1960 in Mexico City) is a Mexican former boxer who competed in the men's light flyweight division. He represented his native country at the 1979 Pan American Games, where he captured the bronze medal; at the 1979 ...
(Mexico) 3-2
* Defeated
Dumitru Şchiopu Dumitru is a Romanian surname and given name. Notable people with the surname include:
*Alina Alexandra Dumitru (born 1982), Romanian judoka
* Alexe Dumitru (1935–1971), Romanian sprint canoer
*Ion Dumitru (born 1950), Romanian footballer
*Nicola ...
(Romania) 4-1
* Lost to
Shamil Sabirov
Shamil Altaevich Sabirov (russian: Шамиль Алтаевич Сабиров; born 4 April 1959) is a retired Russian light-flyweight boxer. He won gold medals at the 1979 European Championships and 1980 Olympics, becoming the only boxing cha ...
(Soviet Union) 0-5
References
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1954 births
Living people
Light-flyweight boxers
Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for North Korea
Olympic bronze medalists for North Korea
Olympic boxers for North Korea
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1978 Asian Games
Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea
Asian Games medalists in boxing
North Korean male boxers
Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
20th-century North Korean people
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