Choe Hyo-sim (; or ; born 5 December 1993) is a North Korean

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

. She competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

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, and won a silver medal in the women's 63 kg. She won the silver medal at the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (; ), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 university athletes from 162 countries participated ...

. Choe represents the

Kigwancha Sports Club Kigwancha Sports Club or Kigwancha Sports Team (; ), known as Sinuiju Locomotive Sports Club is a North Korean sports club, multi-sports club belonging to the Korean State Railway and based in Sinuiju. It was established on 11 January 1956, and h ...

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* 1993 births Living people Olympic weightlifters for North Korea Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for North Korea Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting North Korean female weightlifters Summer World University Games medalists in weightlifting Asian Games silver medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea Asian Games weightlifters for North Korea FISU World University Games silver medalists for North Korea World Weightlifting Championships medalists Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century North Korean sportswomen {{NorthKorea-weightlifting-bio-stub