Pak Jong-ju

Pak Jong-ju (born 14 March 1997) is a North Korean weightlifter^[1][2] competing in the 69 kg and 62 kg categories until 2018 and 67 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.^[3]

Pak Jong-ju

Personal information
Nationality	North Korean
Born	(1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 (age 28)
Weight	66.95 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country	North Korea
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	–67 kg
Club	April 25 Sports Club
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  North Korea World Championships 2019 Pattaya –67 kg Asian Championships 2019 Ningbo –67 kg Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing -62 kg

Career

He was the Gold Medalist at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics^[4] in the 62 kg category. In 2018 he competed in the newly created 67 kg division at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships and finished sixth.^[5]

He competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup (a qualifying event for the 2020 Summer Olympics) held in Fuzhou.^[6] He won a gold medal in the total with 318 kg competing in the 67 kg division.^[7]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
World Championships
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	67 kg	140	140	144	10	175	180	181	6	315	6
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	67 kg	142	146	146	9	178	184	188 WR		330
Asian Championships
2019	Ningbo, China	67 kg	140	143	143		175	179	184		322
IWF World Cup
2019	Fuzhou, China	67 kg	138	141	143		174	177	177		318