Kim Woo-jae explained

Kim Woo-jae
Nationality:	Korean
Birth Date:	26 September 1991
Weight:	80.51kg (177.49lb)
Country:	South Korea
Sport:	Weightlifting
Event:	81 kg

Kim Woo-jae (; born 26 September 1991) is a South Korean weightlifter^[1] competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.^[2] He won the bronze medal in the men's 81kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^[3]

Career

He won the silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games^{[4] [5]} in the 77 kg division.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=40	Rank	width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=40	Rank
Representing
World Championships
	align=left			147	151	155	10	181	186	187	24	336	15
			154	154	158	6	185	192	195	6	346	4
			155	156	163	8	190	190	190	--	--	--
	align=left	Bogotá, Colombia	81 kg	155	160	162		190	194	195	5	357
Asian Games
			155	160	162	1	187	187	187	2	347

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kim Woo-jae. iwf.net. August 23, 2018.
2. http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M81B.pdf PDF listing of 2018 Group B world championship entrants in 81 kg
3. News: Oliver . Brian . 11 December 2022 . Teenager Nasar gets world record after bomb-out at weightlifting World Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 12 December 2022.
4. Web site: Asian Games 2018 77kg division. asiangames2018.id. August 23, 2018. August 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180823210539/https://en.asiangames2018.id/sport/weightlifting/event/weightlifting-men-77kg/. dead.
5. Web site: No ordinary Choe: North Korean makes epic lift to win gold. AFP. . 31 December 2018.