Kim Ki-Suk (born September 2, 1980) is a South Korean

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who won a gold medal at the

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. He also participated in two Olympics.

Career

At the

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he won two matches at light flyweight before losing to eventual winner

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in Busan in his home country he won the gold medal. At the Olympics 2004 he fought at flyweight but ran into Thai star

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in his very first match and lost on points (12:22). He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the

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. In the final he was defeated by home fighter Violito Payla. He made headlines in November 2008 when he built the biggest house in South Korea, at wide.

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1980 births Living people Olympic boxers for South Korea Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2002 Asian Games South Korean male boxers Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Flyweight boxers 21st-century South Korean sportsmen {{Korea-boxing-bio-stub