Choe Hyo-sim (최효심; or ; born 5 December 1993) is a North Korean

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 ...

. She competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, and won a silver medal in the women's 63 kg. She won the silver medal at the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

. Choe represents the

Kigwancha Sports Club Kigwancha Sports Club or Kigwancha Sports Team (; ), known as Sinuiju Locomotive Sports Club is a North Korean multi-sports club belonging to the Korean State Railway and based in Sinuiju. It was established on 11 January 1956, and has been awar ...

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* 1993 births Living people Olympic weightlifters for North Korea Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for North Korea Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting North Korean female weightlifters Universiade medalists in weightlifting Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea Universiade silver medalists for North Korea World Weightlifting Championships medalists Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century North Korean women {{NorthKorea-weightlifting-bio-stub