Kim Won-il (boxer)

Kim Won-il

Personal information

Full name

김원일

Nationality

South Korea

Born

January 3, 1982

Height

1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)

Weight

54 kg (119 lb)

Sport

Boxing

Rated at

Bantamweight

Medal record

Asian Games
	2002 Busan	Bantamweight
Asian Championships
	2004 Puerto Princesa	Bantamweight

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Won-il (born January 3, 1982) is a South Korean boxer best known to win the gold medal in the men's bantamweight division at the Asian Games 2002.

In 2002 he bested Abdusalom Khasanov and Bekzod Khidirov in the final.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics he lost his first match to eventual Thai runner up Worapoj Petchkoom.

At the 2005 World Championships he competed in the featherweight division, and lost his first bout to Dmytro Bulenkov (Ukraine).

References

Asian Games Boxing Champions in Men's Bantamweight

1954–2006: 54 kg 2010–present: 56 kg

1954: Alejandro Ortuoste (PHI) 1958: Thein Myint (BIR) 1962: Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN) 1966: Cherdchai Udompaichitkul (PHI) 1970: Ricardo Fortaleza (PHI) 1974: Hitoshi Ishigaki (JPN) 1978: Hwang Chul-soon (KOR) 1982: Moon Sung-kil (KOR) 1986: Moon Sung-kil (KOR) 1990: Roberto Jalnaiz (PHI) 1994: Yeom Jong-kil (KOR) 1998: Dingko Singh (IND) 2002: Kim Won-il (KOR) 2006: Joan Tipon (PHI) 2010: Worapoj Petchkoom (THA) 2014: Ham Sang-myeong (KOR)

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