Kim Song-Guk is a North Korea

North Korea

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...

n boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 who competed in the featherweight (– 57 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 and won the silver medal.

Career

Southpaw Kim upset Vitali Tajbert

Vitali Tajbert

Vitali Tajbert is a German boxer, who won a Featherweight Bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.His family migrated from Kazakhstan as ethnic Germans to Stuttgart in 1992.-Amateur results:...

 at the Olympics 2004 but lost to Russian star Alexei Tichtchenko

Alexei Tichtchenko

Aleksei Viktorovich Tishchenko is a Russian amateur boxer best known to dominate the lower weight classes in the last years winning numerous titles. He is regarded as "one of the best pound for pound amateur boxers in the world" ....

. He qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Guangzhou, PR China from March 18 to March 23, 2004. It was the first chance for amateur boxers from Asia to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa,...

 in Guangzhou

Guangzhou

Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...

, PR China. In the final he defeated Thailand's Somluck Kamsing

Somluck Kamsing

Somluck Kamsing is a Thai boxer. His name is sometimes spelled as Somrak Khamsing.During the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, Kamsing lit the torch during the Games' opening ceremony. Kamsing was born in Khon Kaen...

.

At the Asian Games he lost to Bahodirjon Sooltonov‎ in the semis and won bronze.

Amateur highlights

2004 Olympic Games

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Konstantine Kupatadze
  Konstantine Kupatadze
  Konstantine Kupatadze is a boxer from Georgia.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There he was stopped in the second round of the featherweight division by North Korea's eventual runner-up Kim Song-Guk....
  
   (Georgia) 25-14
• Defeated Muideen Ganiyu
  Muideen Ganiyu
  Muideen Ganiyu is a boxer from Nigeria, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native West African country. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Featherweight division by DPR Korea's eventual runner-up Song Guk Kim...
  
   (Nigeria) 32-11
• Defeated Vitali Tajbert
  Vitali Tajbert
  Vitali Tajbert is a German boxer, who won a Featherweight Bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.His family migrated from Kazakhstan as ethnic Germans to Stuttgart in 1992.-Amateur results:...
  
   (Germany) 29-24
• Lost to Alexei Tichtchenko
  Alexei Tichtchenko
  Aleksei Viktorovich Tishchenko is a Russian amateur boxer best known to dominate the lower weight classes in the last years winning numerous titles. He is regarded as "one of the best pound for pound amateur boxers in the world" ....
  
   (Russia) 17-39

2007 AIBA World Amateur Championships

• Defeated Otoneil Ortiz (Virgin Islands) RSC 2 (0:57)
• Defeated Alejandro Rodríguez (Spain) RSC 3 (1:49)
• Defeated Vazgen Safar-Yants (Belarus) 19-18
• Defeated Darley Perez
  Darley Pérez
  Darley Gregorio Pérez Ballesta is a Colombian pro boxer who had fought at the 2008 Summer Olympics as a lightweight.-Amateur:At the South American Games 2006 he won the gold medal vs Éverton Lopes...
  
   (Colombia) 23-6
• Lost to Domenico Valentino
  Domenico Valentino
  Domenico Valentino is a boxer from Italy.The hard punching Valentino won a bronze medal at lightweight at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics...
  
   (Italy) 14-22

2008 Olympic Games

• Lost to Daouda Sow
  Daouda Sow
  Daouda Sow is an amateur boxer from France. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the lightweight division.-Boxing career:...
  
  (France) 3-13