Nationality South Korea Role Boxer Name Jo Seok-hwan | Weight 54 kg Sport Boxing Height 1.7 m | |
Born October 15, 1979 (age 45) ( 1979-10-15 ) Olympic medals Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Featherweight People also search for Vitali Tajbert, Kim Song-guk, Aleksei Tishchenko | ||
Jo Seok-Hwan (born October 15, 1979) is a retired South Korean amateur boxer. 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 in Puerto Princesa, Philippines. In the final he was defeated by Kazakhstan's Galib Jafarov.
In December 2008, Jo retired from boxing. He is currently serving as an assistant coach of the South Korea national boxing team.