Hong Moo-won

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Hong Moo-Won
Personal information
Full name홍무원
NationalityFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Born (1981-08-15) August 15, 1981 (age 42)
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Weight class Light flyweight
Medal record
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Doha Light flyweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Seremban Light flyweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Light flyweight

Hong Moo-Won (born August 15, 1981) is a South Korean amateur boxer best known for competing in the 2004 Olympics and winning a bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games.

Career

At the world championships 2003 he lost to eventual winner Sergey Kazakov 10:26, he did not participate in 2005 and 2007.

At Athens he beat Harry Tanamor but lost to eventual winner Yan Bartelemí. He qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place in the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan. In the final he defeated Tanamor.

At Doha 2006 he also lost to the eventual winner Zou Shiming 9:17.


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