Pak_Jong-ju

Pak Jong-ju

Pak Jong-ju

North Korean weightlifter

Pak Jong-ju (born 14 March 1997) is a North Korean weightlifter[1][2] competing in the 69 kg and 62 kg categories until 2018 and 67 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3]

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Career

He was the Gold Medalist at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics[4] in the 62 kg category. In 2018 he competed in the newly created 67 kg division at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships and finished sixth.[5]

He competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup (a qualifying event for the 2020 Summer Olympics) held in Fuzhou.[6] He won a gold medal in the total with 318 kg competing in the 67 kg division.[7]

Major results

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References

  1. [1]
    "Jongju Pak". Olympic Games. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Pak Jong Ju". IWF. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  3. [3]
    "2018 IWF World Championships Ashgabat – TKM 01.11.2018 – 10.11.2018 Start List Men 67kg A" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Pak Jongju Wins 62kg Weightlifting Gold – Highlights Day 2". Olympic Games. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  5. [5]
    "2018 World Championships Results". IWF. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  6. [6]
    "2019 IWF World Cup & Qualification Event For 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Start List" (PDF). IWF.
  7. [7]
    "2019 IWF World Cup & Qualification Event For 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Results" (PDF). IWF.
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