Om Yun-chol

In this Korean name, the family name is Om.
Om Yun-chol
Personal information
NationalityNorth Korean
Born (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 (age 32)
Chongjin, North Korea
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight54.95 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryNorth Korea
SportWeightlifting
Event–55 kg
TeamAmnokgang Sports Team
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 134 kg (2016)
  • Clean and jerk: 171 kg (2015)
  • Total: 303 kg (2016)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  North Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London –56 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro –56 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Wrocław –56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Almaty –56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Houston –56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ashgabat –55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pattaya –55 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon –56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang –56 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Astana –56 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei — 56 kg
Om Yun-chol
Hangul
엄윤철
Hanja
嚴潤哲
Revised RomanizationEom Yun-cheol
McCune–ReischauerŎm Yun-ch'ŏl

Om Yun-chol or Um Yoon-chul (Korean: 엄윤철; Korean pronunciation: [ʌ.mjun.tsʰʌl] or [ʌm] [jun.tsʰʌl]; born 18 November 1991)[1] is a North Korean retired[2] weightlifter, coach, Olympic Champion, and five time World Champion competing in the 56 kg category until 2018 and 55 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3] He is 152 centimetres (5 ft 0 in) and weighs 55 kilograms (121 lb).[1] Om represents the Amnokgang Sports Team.[4]

He is also the fourth man to lift over 3 times bodyweight in the clean & jerk multiple times after succeeding in breaking the world record clean and jerk of 169 kg in the −56 kg weight class during the Asian Interclub Championships,[5] and has accomplished this feat 3 more times since the Asian Interclub Championships, at the 2014 Asian Games, 2015 World Weightlifting Championships, and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

He was also the sixth man to lift at least triple his bodyweight in the clean & jerk in international competition, having done so seven times;[6] the others are Naim Süleymanoğlu, Stefan Topurov,[7] Long Qingquan, Halil Mutlu, and Neno Terziyski.

He has set six senior world records throughout his career, five in the clean & jerk and one in the total.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference london2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Oliver, Brian (8 October 2023). "North Korea's record-breaking weightlifters - "they're so good it's scary"". InsideTheGames. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. ^ "PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 55 kg" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  4. ^ "DPRK's Best Players, Coaches for 2013". KCNA Watch. KCNA. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "World records – International Weightlifting Federation". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  6. ^ BarBend (9 June 2017). "Only 6 People Have Officially Clean & Jerked Triple Bodyweight (in Competition)". Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  7. ^ Chidlovski.net. "Stefan Topurov". Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.