Jo Seok-Hwan

Boxing, Boxer

1979 –

77

Who is Jo Seok-Hwan?

Jo Seok-Hwan is a retired South Korean amateur boxer. He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics for his native East Asian country. There he was stopped in the first round of the Bantamweight division by Uzbekistan' Alisher Rahimov. Later Jo won the bronze medal in the Featherweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok.

He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won the bronze medal. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines. In the final he was defeated by Kazakhstan's Galib Jafarov.

In December 2008, Jo retired from boxing. He is currently serving as an assistant coach of the South Korea national boxing team.

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Born
Oct 15, 1979
Also known as
  • Seok Hwan-Cho
  • Seok Hwan Jo
Nationality
  • South Korea

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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