Om Yun-chol’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Weightlifter
Is Athlete 
Weightlifter 
From North Korea 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 18 November 1991, North Hamgyong Province
Age: 28 years
Star sign Scorpio

Om Yun-chol (Korean: 엄윤철; born 18 November 1991) is a North Korean weightlifter. He is 152 centimetres (5 ft 0 in) and weighs 56 kilograms (123 lb). Om represents the Amnokgang Sports Team.

Career

He won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics at the men’s 56 kg event. He became only the fifth man to ever clean and jerk three times his own body weight. He is also the fourth man to lift over 3 times bodyweight 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.

At the men’s 56 kg weightlifting event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Om was a favorite to renew his gold from London. After breaking his own Olympic record with a lift of 169 kg, Om was surpassed by Long Qingquan and had to settle for the silver medal.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2012 London, United Kingdom 56 kg 120 125 125 6 160 165 168 1 293 01 !
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 56 kg 128 132 134 2 165 169 169 2 303 02 !
World Championships
2011 Paris, France 56 kg 115 118 118 10 152 152 152 5 267 6
2013 Wrocław, Poland 56 kg 124 127 130 02 ! 162 170 — 01 ! 289 01 !
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 56 kg 124 124 128 5 162 162 168 01 ! 296 01 !
2015 Houston, United States 56 kg 127 131 133 03 ! 165 171 175 01 ! 302 01 !
Asian Games
2014 Incheon, South Korea 56 kg 123 128 131 3 160 166 170 1 298 01 !
Asian Championships
2013 Astana, Kazakhstan 56 kg 122 126 126 01 ! 160 169 169 01 ! 286 01 !
Asian Interclub Championships
2013 Pyongyang, North Korea 56 kg 115 118 120 01 ! 155 169 — 01 ! 289 01 !
World Junior Championships
2011 Penang, Malaysia 56 kg 115 121 121 6 150 156 156 01 ! 271 4
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