Ku Yong-jo
Ku Yong-jo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ku Yong-jo fighting East Germany's Ulf Graf at the 1980 Olympic Eliminator | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 17, 1955 Hamhung, North Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 2001 (aged 45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Ku Yong-jo | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 구영조 |
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| Revised Romanization | Gu Yeong-jo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ku Yŏng-jo |
Ku Yong-jo (July 17, 1955 – March 2001) was a boxer from North Korea, who won the gold medal in the bantamweight (–54 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the final, he defeated American boxer Charles Mooney. In 1980, he competed in the featherweight division and, after receiving a first-round bye, lost his first bout to Krzysztof Kosedowski of Poland.