Kim Woo-jae

Kim Woo-jae (김우재; born 26 September 1991) is a South Korean weightlifter[1] competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2] He won the bronze medal in the men's 81 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[3]

Kim Woo-jae
Personal information
NationalityKorean
Born (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991
Weight80.51 kg (177.5 lb)
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)81 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 160 kg (2018)
  • Clean and jerk: 192 kg (2017)
  • Total: 347 kg (2018)
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's weightlifting
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bogotá 81 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Jakarta77kg

Career

He won the silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games[4][5] in the 77 kg division.

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
2015United States Houston, United States77 kg147151155101811861872433615
2017United States Anaheim, United States77 kg154154158618519219563464
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan81 kg1551561638190190190------
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia 81 kg 155 160 162 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 190 194 195 5 357 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Asian Games
2018Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia77 kg155160162 118718718723472nd place, silver medalist(s)

References
  1. "Kim Woo-jae". iwf.net. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  2. PDF listing of 2018 Group B world championship entrants in 81 kg
  3. Oliver, Brian (11 December 2022). "Teenager Nasar gets world record after bomb-out at weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  4. "Asian Games 2018 77kg division". asiangames2018.id. Archived from the original on August 23, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  5. AFP. "No ordinary Choe: North Korean makes epic lift to win gold". MSN. Retrieved 31 December 2018.


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