Li Byong-Uk
Encyclopedia
Li Byong-Uk is a retired North Korea
n boxer
, who won two Olympic medals in the men's Light Flyweight (48 kg) category.
1980
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 won two Olympic medals in the men's Light Flyweight (48 kg) category.
Olympic results
1976- Defeated Sidney McKnightSidney McKnightSidney McKnight is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
(Canada) KO 1 - Defeated Henryk ŚrednickiHenryk SrednickiHenryk Średnicki is a retired amateur boxer from Poland, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1976 ....
(Poland) 3-2 - Defeated Armando GuevaraArmando GuevaraRamón Armando Guevara is a former boxer from Venezuela, who twice competed at the Summer Olympics: 1976 and 1980. He won the bronze medal at the 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the light flyweight division.-References:*...
(Venezuela) 3-2 - Defeated Payao PoontaratPayao PoontaratPayao Poontarat was a Thai boxer who, at the age of 18, won the bronze medal in the men's Light flyweight category at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
(Thailand) RSC 2 - Lost to Jorge Hernández (Cuba) 1-4
1980
- Defeated Henryk Pielesiak (Poland) 3-2
- Defeated Gilberto SosaGilberto SosaGilberto Sosa is a retired boxer from Mexico, who competed in the men's light flyweight division . He represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Sosa captured the bronze medal a year earlier at the Pan American Games.-References:*...
(Mexico) 3-2 - Defeated Dumitru ŞchiopuDumitru SchiopuDumitru Şchiopu is a retired male boxer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he lost in the quarterfinals of the men's light flyweight division to North Korea's eventual bronze medalist Li Byong-Uk.-References:*...
(Romania) 4-1 - Lost to Shamil SabirovShamil SabirovShamil Altaevich Sabirov is a retired boxer.-Career:He won the gold medal for the USSR in the light flyweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he defeated Cuba's Hipólito Ramos on points .A light flyweight, Sabirov was one of the best amateur boxers in the world in...
(Soviet Union) 0-5