Hong Yong-ok explained

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Hong Yong-ok
Birth Date:	19 August 1986
Weight:	690NaN0
Sport:	Weightlifting
Event:	69 kg
Module2:	Headercolor: lightblue Hangul: 홍영옥 Hanja: ! Rr: Hong Yeong-ok Mr: Hong Yŏng'ok Context: north Child: yes

Hong Yong-ok (also Hong Yeong-ok, Korean: 홍영옥; born August 19, 1986) is a North Korean weightlifter.^[1] Hong represented North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's light heavyweight category (69 kg). Hong, however, did not finish the event, after failing to lift a single-motion snatch of 103 kg in three attempts.^[2]

External links

• NBC 2008 Olympics profile
• Web site: Hong Yong Ok Of North Korea Competes In The Women's 69kg Group A Stock Photo, Royalty Free Image: 115690486 . Alamy.com . 2008-08-13 . 2017-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170227231712/http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hong-yong-ok-of-north-korea-competes-in-the-womens-69kg-group-a-snatch-115690486.html . 2017-02-27 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Hong Yong-ok. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418043819/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/hong-yong-ok-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 21 January 2013.
2. News: Women's 69kg (152 lbs). NBC Olympics. 21 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120730233336/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/weightlifting/resultsandschedules/rsc=WLW069000/standings.html. 30 July 2012. dead.