Kang Joon-ho
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Olympic Games | ||
1952 Helsinki | Bantamweight |
Kang Joon-Ho (Hangul: 강준호, Hanja: 姜俊鎬) (June 22, 1928 – September 24, 1990) was a South Korean amateur boxer who won the bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Haeju, North Korea and died in Seoul, South Korea.
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Career
Kang competed for South Korea in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the bantamweight event where he finished in third place. In the quarterfinals, he defeated future World Featherweight champion Davey Moore of United States by a 2-1 decision.
Post career
Kang participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City and the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich as the coach of the South Korea national amateur boxing team. He trained numerous professional boxers as well, including former WBC Light Welterweight champion Kim Sang-Hyun and former WBC Flyweight champion Park Chan-Hee.
Results
1952 Olympic Games | ||||
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Event | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
Bantamweight | First | bye | ||
Second | Win | Fazlollah Nikkhah | 3-0 | |
Quarterfinal | Win | Davey Moore | 2-1 | |
Semifinal | Loss | John McNally | 0-3 |
References
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- 1928 births
- 1990 deaths
- South Korean boxers
- Olympic boxers of South Korea
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
- Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Male boxers
- South Korean Olympic medalist stubs
- Pages with broken file links
- South Korean boxing biography stubs
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics