Yoon Jin-hee

Yoon Jin-Hee (Hangul: 윤진희, Hanja: 尹眞熙, Korean pronunciation: [jun.dʑin.ɦi]; born August 4, 1986, in Wonju, Gangwon-do) is a South Korean weightlifter.

Yoon Jin-hee
Personal information
Born (1986-08-04) August 4, 1986
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight53 kg (117 lb)[1]
Spouse(s)Won Jeong-sik[2]
Sport
Country South Korea
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)Women's 53 kg
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing -53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de Janeiro–53 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Chiang Mai -53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Goyang -53 kg
In this Korean name, the family name is Yoon.

Career

She ranked 3rd in the Women's 58 kg at the 2005 Junior World Championships in Busan, South Korea, lifting 206 kg in total.[3] She also competed in the Women's 58 kg at the 2005 World Championships in Doha, Qatar and reached the 4th spot with 215 kg in total.[3]

At the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked fourth in the 58 kg category, and in the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she won the bronze medal in the 53 kg category with 211 kg in total.[3]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics she won silver medal in women's 53 kg, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics she finished third in the same category. She decided to retire earlier but in 2014 abandoned retirement to compete for South Korea in the national team.[2]

Major result
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2008China Beijing, China53 kg949797211611811922132nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil53 kg889090411011011131993rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships
2005Qatar Doha, Qatar58 kg899597511311712042154
2006Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic58 kg909497411311812342124
2007Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand53 kg9090941st place, gold medalist(s)1101151173rd place, bronze medalist(s)2113rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2009South Korea Goyang, South Korea53 kg9395962nd place, silver medalist(s)1131161193rd place, bronze medalist(s)2093rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2011France Paris, France53 kg879090101051101121119711
2015United States Houston, United States53 kg75808315981031051518816
Asian Games
2006Qatar Doha, Qatar58 kg909395511011511542084

References
  1. "Yoon Jin Hee". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  2. "Rio 2016: S. Korean Yoon Jin-hee wins bronze in women's weightlifting". The Korea Times. 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  3. "YOON Jin-hee". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011.
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