Jon Chol-ho (born 7 April 1969) is a North Korean former

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 ...

, who competed in the middleweight class and represented North Korea at international competitions. He won the bronze medal at the

1989 World Weightlifting Championships The following is the final results of the 1989 World Weightlifting Championships. Men's competition were held in Athens, Greece and Women's competition were held in Manchester, United Kingdom. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by B ...

in the 75 kg category. He won the bronze medal at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in the 76 kg event. He also participated at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in the 82.5 kg event and

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

in the 77 kg event. He won the gold medal at the

1990 Asian Games The 1990 Asian Games also known as the XI Asiad and the 11th Asian Games ( zh, c=第十一届亚洲运动会, p=Dì shíyī jiè yàzhōu yùndònghuì), were held from September 22 to October 7, 1990, in Beijing, China. This was the first Asian Ga ...

in the Lightweight class.

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1969 births Living people North Korean male weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic weightlifters of North Korea Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting Olympic bronze medalists for North Korea Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games 21st-century North Korean people 20th-century North Korean people {{NorthKorea-weightlifting-bio-stub