Won Jeong-sik

Won Jeong-sik (Korean: 원정식, born 9 December 1990) is a South Korean weightlifter, Olympian,[1] and World Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]

Won Jeong-sik
Won at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1990-12-09) 9 December 1990
Cheolweon, Gangwon, South Korea
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight72.57 kg (160 lb)
Spouse(s)Yoon Jin-hee
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–73 kg
ClubKorea National Sport University
Coached byAhn Hyo-jak
Medal record
World Championships
2017 Anaheim–69 kg
2018 Ashgabat–73 kg

Won took up weightlifting aged 14 and has a degree from the Korea National Sport University. He is married to the fellow Olympic weightlifter Yoon Jin-hee, they have two children.[1][3]

Career

Olympics

He competed in the 69 kg division at the 2012 Summer Olympics[4] placing 7th overall. In 2016 he competed at the 2016 Olympics in the 69 kg division and placed 8th overall.[5][6]

World Championships

In 2017 he competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships where he won the gold medal in the 69 kg division,[7] in doing so he became the first Korean athlete to win a gold medal in this event.[8] This was his first gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships and his first major medal (he won a bronze medal in the clean & jerk at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships).

In 2018 the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories and Won competed in the newly created 73 kg division. He competed in the B session, and in the process of winning the silver medal he set a new world record in the clean & jerk with a lift of 195 kg. This was overtaken later in the day by Shi Zhiyong (who would later win the gold medal) with a clean & jerk of 196 kg, done in the A session.[9]

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 Kingdom69 kg1441461471117818618763227
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil69 kg143143146917217718093208
World Championships
2011 Paris, France69 kg140144147101771821853266
2015 Houston, United States69 kg14114714714171171171———
2017 Anaheim, United States69 kg142146148178178181326
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan73 kg1451501536180190195 WR348
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou, China69 kg140145145617018118163106
2014 Incheon, South Korea69 kg1431481486170183—103136
2018 Jakarta, Indonesia69 kg1451451485180180186———

References
  1. Jeongsik Won. nbcolympics.com
  2. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 73 kg
  3. "Rio 2016: S. Korean Yoon Jin-hee wins bronze in women's weightlifting". The Korea Times. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. Jeongsik Won. London 2012
  5. Won Jeong-Sik. sports-reference.com
  6. "WON Jeongsik". Rio 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  7. Inside The Games. "South Korea's Won claims men's 69kg title as home hope Cummings Jr bombs out at 2017 IWF World Championships". Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  8. IWF.net. "Won Won". Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  9. IWF.net. "China won Gold – once again". Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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