Rim Jong-sim ( or ; born 5 February 1993) is a North Korean
weightlifter
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, two time Olympic Champion, World Champion, Asian Games gold
and bronze medalist, and Asian Champion competing in the 69 kg and 75 kg category until 2018 and 76 kg starting in 2018 after the
International Weightlifting Federation
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reorganized the categories.
Career
She won the gold medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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at the women's 69 kg event.
Four years later, she won the gold medal at the
women's 75 kg event at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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Personal life
Has a younger sister
Rim Un-sim who is an Olympic weightlifter in 64 kg division.
Major results
References
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1993 births
Living people
North Korean female weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters of North Korea
Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for North Korea
Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games
Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
World Weightlifting Championships medalists
Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea
Asian Games bronze medalists for North Korea
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Universiade medalists in weightlifting
Sportspeople from Pyongyang
Universiade gold medalists for North Korea
21st-century North Korean women
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