Cha Kum-Chol (; born July 19, 1987) is a

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

. His personal best combined lift is 283 kg. At the 2007 World Championships he became world champion in the 56 kg category. He competed in weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 56kg division, where he equalled his personal best to finish fifth. He is tall and weighs . Cha represents the

April 25 Sports Team April 25 Sports Club (, ''Sa i o ch'eyuktan''), or 4.25 SC for short, or sometimes April 25 National Defence Sports Club (4.25'국방체육단', ''Sa i o ch'eyuktan "Kukpang ch'eyuktan"''), is a Sports club, multi-sports club based in Pyongyang ...

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at beijing2008 North Korean male weightlifters 1987 births Living people World Weightlifting Championships medalists Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for North Korea Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2006 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Universiade medalists in weightlifting Universiade silver medalists for North Korea Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century North Korean people {{NorthKorea-weightlifting-bio-stub