Jo Seok-hwan

Jo Seok-Hwan (born October 15, 1979) 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 (54 kg) division by Uzbekistan' Alisher Rahimov. Later Jo won the bronze medal in the Featherweight (57 kg) division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok.

Jo Seok-Hwan

Personal information
Full name	조석환 (hangul) 趙石煥 (hanja)
Nationality	South Korea
Born	(1979-10-15) October 15, 1979
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Featherweight
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens Featherweight World Amateur Championships 2003 Bangkok Featherweight Asian Championships 2004 Puerto Princesa Featherweight

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.