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
Changyon County, North Korea
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Country North Korea
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+75 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 131 kg (2015 & 2016)
  • Clean and jerk: 175 kg (2016)
  • Total: 306 kg (2016)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de Janeiro+75 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 Houston+75 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Ashgabat+87 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place2017 Taipei+75 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 Phuket+75 kg
Gold medal – first place2016 Tashkent+75 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 Ashgabat+90 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2010 Singapore+63 kg
Youth World Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 Chiang Mai+69 kg
Junior Asian Championships
Disqualified2012 Yangoon+75 kg
Youth Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 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

  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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