O Kang-chol

O Kang-chol
Personal information
NationalityNorth Korean
Born (1993-09-16) 16 September 1993 (age 30)
Weight72.85 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountryNorth Korea
SportWeightlifting
Event–73 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 154 kg (2018)
  • Clean and jerk: 193 kg (2019)
  • Total: 347 kg (2019)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  North Korea
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pattaya –73 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ashgabat –69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ningbo –73 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang –69 kg

O Kang-Chol or O Khang-Chol (born 16 September 1993) is a North Korean weightlifter and Asian Games Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[1]

Career

He competed at the 69 kg class at the 2018 Asian Games and won a gold medal in that event.[2][3] Later in 2018 he competed in the newly created 73 kg weight class and finished fifth overall at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 73 kg 148 152 154 5 185 185 192 9 339 5
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 73 kg 150 154 156 5 185 191 193 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 347 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2017 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 69 kg 143 148 151 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 176 183 187 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 331 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 China Ningbo, China 73 kg 150 154 154 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 183 188 188 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 338 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Asian Games
2018 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 69 kg 147 151 153 1 181 185 188 2 336 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 73 kg
  2. ^ "North Korea's O Kang-chol wins gold in men's 69kg weightlifting". Korea Herald. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. ^ "EMOTIONAL NORTH KOREAN DEDICATES ASIAN GAMES GOLD TO HIS LATE MOTHER". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 29 December 2018.

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