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Rim Jong-sim ( or ; born 5 February 1993) 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 ...
, 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 The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Lausanne, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting. The IWF was founded in 1905, and has 192 Member Federations. The IWF President is Mohammed H ...
reorganized the categories.


Career

She won the gold medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics 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 ...
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 The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
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Personal life

Has a younger sister Rim Un-sim who is an Olympic weightlifter in 64 kg division.


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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 {{NorthKorea-weightlifting-bio-stub