Pang Kum-chol (; born November 11, 1981) 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 ...

who competes in the 77 kg weight category. Pang won a gold medal at the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

, at the

2009 Asian Weightlifting Championships The 2009 Asian Weightlifting Championships were held in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan between May 11 and May 15, 2009. It was the 40th men's and 21st women's championship. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals ...

(two silvers and one bronze); a medals count repeated at the

2011 Asian Weightlifting Championships The 2011 Asian Weightlifting Championships were held at Tongling Municipal Stadium in Tongling, Anhui Province, China between April 13 and April 17, 2011. It was the 42nd men's and 23rd women's championship. Medal summary Men Women Medal t ...

. Pang represents the Kigwancha Sports Team.

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External links

Pang Kum Chol biography
at gz2010.cn (official website of the

) 1981 births Living people North Korean male weightlifters Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century North Korean people {{NorthKorea-weightlifting-bio-stub