Kim Un-guk (; ; born 28 October 1988) 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 lif ...
, Olympic Champion, and two time World Champion.
He is also a
Labor Hero and
People's Athlete.
Career
At the
Olympic Games 2012
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
he competed in the Men's 62-kg division, in the snatch portion of the competition he set an Olympic Record and matched the current
world record
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of 153 kg. In the clean & jerk portion, his final attempt of 174 kg set a new world record total of 327 kg.
At the
2015 World Weightlifting Championships he failed a doping test and had his results disqualified. He was the original silver medalist.
Kim is an athlete at the
April 25 Sports Club
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 multi-sports club based in P'yŏngyang, North Ko ...
.
Major results
References
External links
the-sports.org*
1988 births
Living people
North Korean male weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters of North Korea
Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World record holders in Olympic weightlifting
Olympic gold medalists for North Korea
Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
Sportspeople from Pyongyang
Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games
World Weightlifting Championships medalists
People's Athletes
Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea
Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
20th-century North Korean people
21st-century North Korean people
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