Song Kuk-hyang (born 1 February 2001) is a North Korean

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. She won the gold medal in the women's 76kg event at the

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held in Bahrain. She also won the gold medal in her event at the

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held in Hangzhou, China. In 2018, Song competed in the girls' 63kg event at the

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held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She did not complete a successful Snatch and she did not compete in the Clean & Jerk. Song won the gold medal in the women's 71kg event at the 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She set a new world record of 154kg in the Clean & Jerk.

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* Living people 2001 births Place of birth missing (living people) North Korean female weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Weightlifters at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Asian Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century North Korean sportswomen {{NorthKorea-weightlifting-bio-stub