Kim Un-guk (; ; born 28 October 1988) 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 ...

, Olympic champion, and two-time world champion. He is also a Labor Hero and People's Athlete.

Career

At the Olympic Games 2012 he competed in the Men's 62-kg division, in the snatch portion of the competition he set an Olympic Record and matched the current

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of 153 kg. In the clean & jerk portion, his final attempt of 174 kg set a new world record total of 327 kg. At the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships he failed a doping test and had his results disqualified. He was the original silver medalist. Kim is an athlete at the April 25 Sports Club.

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* * * 1988 births Living people North Korean male weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists World record holders in Olympic weightlifting Olympic weightlifters for North Korea Olympic gold medalists for North Korea Olympic medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games People's Athletes Sportspeople from Pyongyang 20th-century North Korean people 21st-century North Korean sportsmen {{NorthKorea-weightlifting-bio-stub