![]() Won at the 2016 Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Cheolwon, Gangwon, South Korea | 9 December 1990
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 72.57 kg (160 lb) |
Spouse | Yoon Jin-hee |
Sport | |
Country | South Korea |
Sport | Weightlifting |
Event | –73 kg |
Club | Korea National Sport University |
Coached by | Ahn Hyo-jak |
Medal record |
Won Jeong-sik ( Korean: 원정식, born 9 December 1990) is a South Korean weightlifter, Olympian, [1] and World Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. [2]
Won took up weightlifting aged 14 and has a degree from the Korea National Sport University. He is married to the fellow Olympic weightlifter Yoon Jin-hee, they have two children. [1] [3]
He competed in the 69 kg division at the 2012 Summer Olympics [4] placing 7th overall. In 2016 he competed at the 2016 Olympics in the 69 kg division and placed 8th overall. [5] [6]
In 2017 he competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships where he won the gold medal in the 69 kg division, [7] in doing so he became the first Korean athlete to win a gold medal in this event. [8] This was his first gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships and his first major medal (he won a bronze medal in the clean & jerk at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships).
In 2018 the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories and Won competed in the newly created 73 kg division. He competed in the B session, and in the process of winning the silver medal he set a new world record in the clean & jerk with a lift of 195 kg. This was overtaken later in the day by Shi Zhiyong (who would later win the gold medal) with a clean & jerk of 196 kg, done in the A session. [9]
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2012 |
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69 kg | 144 | 11 | 178 | 6 | 322 | 7 | ||||
2016 |
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69 kg | 143 | 9 | 172 | 177 | 9 | 320 | 8 | |||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2011 |
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69 kg | 140 | 144 | 10 | 177 | 182 | ![]() |
326 | 6 | ||
2015 |
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69 kg | 141 | 14 | — | — | — | |||||
2017 |
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69 kg | 142 | 146 | 148 | ![]() |
178 | ![]() |
326 | ![]() | ||
2018 |
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73 kg | 145 | 150 | 153 | 6 | 180 | 190 | 195 WR | ![]() |
348 | ![]() |
Asian Games | ||||||||||||
2010 |
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69 kg | 140 | 6 | 170 | 6 | 310 | 6 | ||||
2014 |
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69 kg | 143 | 6 | 170 | — | 10 | 313 | 6 | |||
2018 |
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69 kg | 145 | 5 | — | — | — |
![]() Won at the 2016 Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Cheolwon, Gangwon, South Korea | 9 December 1990
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 72.57 kg (160 lb) |
Spouse | Yoon Jin-hee |
Sport | |
Country | South Korea |
Sport | Weightlifting |
Event | –73 kg |
Club | Korea National Sport University |
Coached by | Ahn Hyo-jak |
Medal record |
Won Jeong-sik ( Korean: 원정식, born 9 December 1990) is a South Korean weightlifter, Olympian, [1] and World Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. [2]
Won took up weightlifting aged 14 and has a degree from the Korea National Sport University. He is married to the fellow Olympic weightlifter Yoon Jin-hee, they have two children. [1] [3]
He competed in the 69 kg division at the 2012 Summer Olympics [4] placing 7th overall. In 2016 he competed at the 2016 Olympics in the 69 kg division and placed 8th overall. [5] [6]
In 2017 he competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships where he won the gold medal in the 69 kg division, [7] in doing so he became the first Korean athlete to win a gold medal in this event. [8] This was his first gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships and his first major medal (he won a bronze medal in the clean & jerk at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships).
In 2018 the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories and Won competed in the newly created 73 kg division. He competed in the B session, and in the process of winning the silver medal he set a new world record in the clean & jerk with a lift of 195 kg. This was overtaken later in the day by Shi Zhiyong (who would later win the gold medal) with a clean & jerk of 196 kg, done in the A session. [9]
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2012 |
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69 kg | 144 | 11 | 178 | 6 | 322 | 7 | ||||
2016 |
![]() |
69 kg | 143 | 9 | 172 | 177 | 9 | 320 | 8 | |||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2011 |
![]() |
69 kg | 140 | 144 | 10 | 177 | 182 | ![]() |
326 | 6 | ||
2015 |
![]() |
69 kg | 141 | 14 | — | — | — | |||||
2017 |
![]() |
69 kg | 142 | 146 | 148 | ![]() |
178 | ![]() |
326 | ![]() | ||
2018 |
![]() |
73 kg | 145 | 150 | 153 | 6 | 180 | 190 | 195 WR | ![]() |
348 | ![]() |
Asian Games | ||||||||||||
2010 |
![]() |
69 kg | 140 | 6 | 170 | 6 | 310 | 6 | ||||
2014 |
![]() |
69 kg | 143 | 6 | 170 | — | 10 | 313 | 6 | |||
2018 |
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69 kg | 145 | 5 | — | — | — |