Yoon Jin-hee

Yoon Jin-hee
Personal information
Born (1986-08-04) August 4, 1986 (age 38)
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight53 kg (117 lb)[1]
SpouseWon Jeong-sik[2]
Sport
Country South Korea
SportWeightlifting
EventWomen's 53 kg
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing -53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro –53 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Chiang Mai -53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Goyang -53 kg
In this Korean name, the family name is Yoon.

Yoon Jin-Hee (Korean: 윤진희; Hanja: 尹眞熙, Korean pronunciation: [jun.dʑin.ɦi]; born August 4, 1986, in Wonju, Gangwon-do) is a South Korean weightlifter.

Career

She ranked 3rd in the Women's 58 kg at the 2005 Junior World Championships in Busan, South Korea, lifting 206 kg in total.[3] She also competed in the Women's 58 kg at the 2005 World Championships in Doha, Qatar and reached the 4th spot with 215 kg in total.[3]

At the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked fourth in the 58 kg category, and in the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she won the bronze medal in the 53 kg category with 211 kg in total.[3]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics she won silver medal in women's 53 kg, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics she finished third in the same category. She decided to retire earlier but in 2014 abandoned retirement to compete for South Korea in the national team.[2]

Major result

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2008 China Beijing, China 53 kg 94 97 97 2 116 118 119 2 213 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 53 kg 88 90 90 4 110 110 111 3 199 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships
2005 Qatar Doha, Qatar 58 kg 89 95 97 5 113 117 120 4 215 4
2006 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 58 kg 90 94 97 4 113 118 123 4 212 4
2007 Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand 53 kg 90 90 94 1st place, gold medalist(s) 110 115 117 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 211 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2009 South Korea Goyang, South Korea 53 kg 93 95 96 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 113 116 119 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 209 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2011 France Paris, France 53 kg 87 90 90 10 105 110 112 11 197 11
2015 United States Houston, United States 53 kg 75 80 83 15 98 103 105 15 188 16
Asian Games
2006 Qatar Doha, Qatar 58 kg 90 93 95 5 110 115 115 4 208 4

References

  1. ^ a b "Yoon Jin Hee". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  2. ^ a b "Rio 2016: S. Korean Yoon Jin-hee wins bronze in women's weightlifting". The Korea Times. 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  3. ^ a b c "YOON Jin-hee". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011.