Jo Seok-hwan explained

Jo Seok-Hwan
Fullname:조석환 (hangul)
趙石煥 (hanja)
Weight Class:Featherweight
Birth Date:15 October 1979
Height:1.70NaN0
Weight:54kg (119lb)

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.

Results

2003 World Championships
style='border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3; width: 20%'Eventstyle='border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3; width: 20%'Roundstyle='border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3; width: 10%'Resultstyle='border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3; width: 35%'Opponentstyle='border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3; width: 15%'Score
align='center'FirstWinalign='left' David Mulhollandalign='left'31-16
align='center'SecondWinalign='left' Ovidiu Bobirnatalign='left'25-14
align='center'QuarterfinalWinalign='left' Aleksei Tishchenkoalign='left'40-18
align='center'; bgcolor="#cc9966"SemifinalLossalign='left' Galib Jafarovalign='left'32-17
2004 Summer Olympics
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align='center'FirstWinalign='left' Sedat Tascialign='left'37-28
align='center'SecondWinalign='left' Benoit Gaudetalign='left'28-16
align='center'QuarterfinalWinalign='left' Viorel Simionalign='left'39-35
align='center'; bgcolor="#cc9966"SemifinalLossalign='left' Aleksei Tishchenkoalign='left'25-45

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