Kim Chol-jin ( ko, 김철진; born October 31, 1978) 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 ...
and
Merited Athlete
Merited Athlete is an honorary title of North Korea given to sports persons. It is awarded to "athletes and workers engaged in the athletic field who make distinguished contributions to the nation's athletics, receiving the love and respect of th ...
.
Kim represented
North Korea
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where he competed for the
men's lightweight category (69 kg). Kim placed sixth in this event, as he successfully lifted 146 kg in the single-motion
snatch, and hoisted 180 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead
clean and jerk
The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...
, for a total of 326 kg.
Kim was coached by
Han Kyong-thae and at one time he coached
Kwon Yong-gwang.
References
External links
NBC 2008 Olympics profile*
North Korean male weightlifters
1978 births
Living people
Olympic weightlifters for North Korea
Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
20th-century North Korean people
21st-century North Korean people
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