Lee Ok-Sung

Personal information
Full name	이옥성
Nationality	South Korea
Born	(1981-02-07) February 7, 1981 (age 43) Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Flyweight
Medal record World Amateur Championships 2005 Mianyang Flyweight Asian Championships 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Flyweight

Lee Ok-Sung (born February 7, 1981, in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea) is a South Korean amateur boxer best known for winning the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the men's flyweight division.

Lee is relatively tall for a flyweight (170 cm). At the 2005 World Championships In Mianyang, China, he beat young southpaw Rau'shee Warren to set up his championship final. In the finals he defeated Cuban Andry Laffita who had beaten Somjit Jongjohor (THA) and Jérôme Thomas (FRA). He became the first South Korean amateur boxer to win a gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships since 1986 when Moon Sung-Kil won the gold in Reno, United States.

At the 2006 Asian Games Lee just as surprisingly lost to Yang Bo of China in the quarterfinals, and his winning streak in international competition ended at 28 games.

He did not participated in the national trials for the 2007 World Championships in order to complete his master's degree.

In the first round of the 2008 Olympic Games Lee reached the second round.

2005 World Championships

Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Flyweight	First	bye
	Second	Win	Igor Samoilenco	30-20
	Third	Win	Nikoloz Izoria	26-17
	Quarterfinal	Win	Anvar Yunusov	15-9
	Semifinal	Win	Rau'shee Warren	16-15
	Final	Win	Andry Laffita	33-22

2008 Summer Olympics

Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Flyweight	First	Win	Rau'shee Warren	9-8
	Second	Loss	Walid Cherif	5-11

• Profile
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lee Ok-sung". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

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