Won Jeong-sik

Won Jeong-sik (Korean: 원정식, born 9 December 1990) is a South Korean weightlifter, Olympian,[1] and World Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]

Won Jeong-sik
Won at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1990-12-09) 9 December 1990
Cheolwon, Gangwon, South Korea
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight72.57 kg (160 lb)
Spouse(s)Yoon Jin-hee
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–73 kg
ClubKorea National Sport University
Coached byAhn Hyo-jak
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Anaheim–69 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Ashgabat–73 kg

Won took up weightlifting aged 14 and has a degree from the Korea National Sport University. He is married to the fellow Olympic weightlifter Yoon Jin-hee, they have two children.[1][3]

Career

Olympics

He competed in the 69 kg division at the 2012 Summer Olympics[4] placing 7th overall. In 2016 he competed at the 2016 Olympics in the 69 kg division and placed 8th overall.[5][6]

World Championships

In 2017 he competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships where he won the gold medal in the 69 kg division,[7] in doing so he became the first Korean athlete to win a gold medal in this event.[8] This was his first gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships and his first major medal (he won a bronze medal in the clean & jerk at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships).

In 2018 the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories and Won competed in the newly created 73 kg division. He competed in the B session, and in the process of winning the silver medal he set a new world record in the clean & jerk with a lift of 195 kg. This was overtaken later in the day by Shi Zhiyong (who would later win the gold medal) with a clean & jerk of 196 kg, done in the A session.[9]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2012United Kingdom London, United Kingdom69 kg1441461471117818618763227
2016Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil69 kg143143146917217718093208
World Championships
2011France Paris, France69 kg140144147101771821853rd place, bronze medalist(s)3266
2015United States Houston, United States69 kg14114714714171171171———
2017United States Anaheim, United States69 kg1421461481st place, gold medalist(s)1781781812nd place, silver medalist(s)3261st place, gold medalist(s)
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan73 kg1451501536180190195 WR2nd place, silver medalist(s)3482nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Games
2010China Guangzhou, China69 kg140145145617018118163106
2014South Korea Incheon, South Korea69 kg1431481486170183—103136
2018Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia69 kg1451451485180180186———

References
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  1. Jeongsik Won. nbcolympics.com
  2. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 73 kg
  3. "Rio 2016: S. Korean Yoon Jin-hee wins bronze in women's weightlifting". The Korea Times. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. Jeongsik Won. London 2012
  5. Won Jeong-Sik. sports-reference.com
  6. "WON Jeongsik". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  7. Inside The Games (December 2017). "South Korea's Won claims men's 69kg title as home hope Cummings Jr bombs out at 2017 IWF World Championships". Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  8. IWF.net (3 December 2017). "Won Won". Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  9. IWF.net (4 November 2018). "China won Gold – once again". Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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