Ri Byong-uk (born November 7, 1954) is a retired North Korean

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 Sidney McKnight (born August 31, 1955 in Prince George, British Columbia) is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the first round of the men's light flyweight division ...

(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 b ...

(Poland) 3-2 * Defeated Armando Guevara (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 (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 * Nic ...

(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

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