Kim Kuk-hyang (weightlifter)

Kim Kuk-hyang (Korean pronunciation: [kim.ɡu.kʰjaŋ] or [kim] [ku.kʰjaŋ]; born 20 April 1993) is a North Korean weightlifter who won the silver medal in the women's +75 kg weight class at the 2015 Asian Weightlifting Championships.[1]

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Kuk-hyang

Personal information
Nationality	North Korean
Born	(1993-04-20) 20 April 1993
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Country	North Korea
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	+75 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Snatch: 131 kg (2015 & 2016) Clean and jerk: 175 kg (2016) Total: 306 kg (2016)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro +75 kg World Championships 2015 Houston +75 kg 2018 Ashgabat +87 kg Asian Championships 2015 Phuket +75 kg 2016 Tashkent +75 kg 2017 Ashgabat +90 kg Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore +63 kg Youth World Championships 2009 Chiang Mai +69 kg Junior Asian Championships Disqualified 2012 Yangoon +75 kg Youth Asian Championships 2010 Tashkent +69 kg
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	김국향
Revised Romanization	Gim Guk-hyang
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Kuk-hyang

She won the silver medal at the women's +75 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Kuk-hyang was born in Jangyon County, South Hwanghe Province, North Korea. She was raised by her mother and was later orphaned, to be raised by the state. She was noticed by weightlifting coach Kim Myong Ho at a hospital in Pyongyang when helping her mother get medical treatment; she was helping her mother up the stairs when the coach asked if she wanted to become a weightlifter. As her mother's health was failing, the coach would often visit her in hospital and promised to raise her daughter. Myong Ho was a demanding coach who also acted as her father. At age 16, she was injured as the first world junior weight lifting championship neared. After recuperating, she was looked after by national-level coaches and a medical group, who oversaw her nutrition using a scientific approach. She was chosen one of the top ten athletes of 2016 and was awarded the title of "Merited Athlete" in her home country. [3]

References

1. IWF Profile
2. "Kuk Hyang Kim". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
3. Kuk-hyang, Kim (January 2018). "Orphan Grows to be a Sports Ace". Korea Today. Pyongyang: The Foreign Languages Magazine. Retrieved 18 February 2018.