Kim Kuk-hyang (weightlifter)

Kim Kuk-hyang (Korean pronunciation: [kim.ɡu.kʰjaŋ] or [kim] [ku.kʰjaŋ]; born 20 April 1993) is a North Korean weightlifter who won the silver medal in the women's 75 kg weight class at the 2015 Asian Weightlifting Championships.[1]

Kim Kuk-hyang
Kim Kuk-hyang at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Personal information
NationalityNorth Korean
Born (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 31)
Changyon County, North Korea
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Country North Korea
SportWeightlifting
Event 75 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 131 kg (2015 & 2016)
  • Clean and jerk: 175 kg (2016)
  • Total: 306 kg (2016)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 75 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Houston 75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ashgabat 87 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei 75 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 75 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Phuket 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tashkent 75 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ashgabat 90 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Singapore 63 kg
Youth World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Chiang Mai 69 kg
Junior Asian Championships
Disqualified 2012 Yangoon 75 kg
Youth Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Tashkent 69 kg
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
김국향
Revised RomanizationGim Guk-hyang
McCune–ReischauerKim Kuk-hyang

She won the silver medal at the women's 75 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Kim Kuk-hyang at the 2017 Summer Universiade

Kuk-hyang was born in Changyon County, South Hwanghae Province, North Korea. She was raised by her mother and was later orphaned, to be raised by the state. She was noticed by weightlifting coach Kim Myong Ho at a hospital in Pyongyang when helping her mother get medical treatment; she was helping her mother up the stairs when the coach asked if she wanted to become a weightlifter. As her mother's health was failing, the coach would often visit her in hospital and promised to raise her daughter. Myong Ho was a demanding coach who also acted as her father. At age 16, she was injured as the first world junior weight lifting championship neared. After recuperating, she was looked after by national-level coaches and a medical group, who oversaw her nutrition using a scientific approach. She was chosen one of the top ten athletes of 2016 and was awarded the title of "Merited Athlete" in her home country.[3]

References

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  1. ^ IWF Profile
  2. ^ "Kuk Hyang Kim". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  3. ^ Kuk-hyang, Kim (January 2018). "Orphan Grows to be a Sports Ace". Korea Today. Pyongyang: The Foreign Languages Magazine. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
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