Kim Won-Il is a South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n boxer best known to win the gold medal in the men's bantamweight division at the Asian Games 2002.

In 2002 he bested Abdusalom Khasanov

Abdusalom Khasanov

-Career:He competed at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships, but was stopped in the round of 16.He won a bronze medal at bantamweight at the 2002 Asian Games....

 and Bekzod Khidirov

Bekzod Khidirov

Bekzod Khidirov is a boxer from Uzbekistan, who participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native Asian country. There he was stopped in the round of sixteen of the Featherweight division by Kazakhstan's Galib Jafarov.-References:*...

 in the final.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Bantamweight

The Bantamweight class in the boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics competition was the third-lightest class. Bantamweights were limited to those boxers weighing more than 54 kilograms.-Participants:...

 he lost his first match to eventual Thai runner up Worapoj Petchkoom

Worapoj Petchkoom

Worapoj Petchkoom is a Thai boxer who competed in the bantamweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal losing to Cuban superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux. He qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place in the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in...

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At the 2005 World Championships he competed in the featherweight division, and lost his first bout to Dmytro Bulenkov (Ukraine).