| Kim Un-guk | |
| Birth Place: | Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Club: | April 25 Sports Club |
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| Korean name | |
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| Color: | lightgrey |
| Context: | north |
| Hangul: | 김은국 |
| Hanja: | Korean: 金銀國[1] |
| Rr: | Gim Eun-guk |
| Mr: | Kim Ŭn-guk |
Kim Un-guk (; pronounced as /ko/; born 28 October 1988) is a North Korean weightlifter,[2] Olympic Champion, and two time World Champion.
He is also a Labor Hero and People's Athlete.[3]
At the Olympic Games 2012 he competed in the Men's 62-kg division, in the snatch portion of the competition he set an Olympic Record and matched the current world record of 153 kg.[4] In the clean & jerk portion, his final attempt of 174 kg set a new world record total of 327 kg.[5] [6]
At the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships he failed a doping test[7] and had his results disqualified. He was the original silver medalist.
Kim is an athlete at the April 25 Sports Club.[8]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=60 | 1 | width=60 | 2 | width=60 | 3 | width=45 | Rank | width=60 | 1 | width=60 | 2 | width=60 | 3 | width=45 | Rank |
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||
| 145 | 150 | 153 | 1 | 170 | 174 | 2 | 327 WR | ||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| align=left | 140 | 145 | 147 | 170 | 173 | 320 | |||||||||
| align=left | 140 | 145 | 150 | 161 | 170 | 320 | |||||||||
| align=left | 145 | 150 | 170 | 320 | |||||||||||
| align=left | 145 | 150 | 170 | 174 | 175 | 325 | |||||||||
| align=left | 146 | 151 | -- | 172 | 177 | -- | -- | DSQ | |||||||
| Asian Games | |||||||||||||||
| 140 | 145 | 147 | 1 | 170 | 2 | 317 | |||||||||
| 147 | 152 | 154 WR | 1 | 170 | 174 | 178 | 1 | 332 WR | |||||||