Kim Eun Joo

Kim Eun Joo ( cor. 김은주 , November 11, 1989) - North Korean weightlifter, winner of the 2011 and 2018 World Cups, Asian Games champion.

Kim Eun Joo
김은주
personal information
Floor	female
A country	DPRK
Specialization
Date of Birth	November 11, 1989 ( 1989-11-11 ) (age 29)
Awards and medals Weightlifting World Championships Bronze Paris 2011 up to 75 kg Silver Ashgabat 2018 up to 87 kg Asian Games Gold Incheon 2014 up to 75 kg

Born in 1989. In 2011 she became a bronze medalist of the World Cup. In 2014, she won the Asian Games gold medal, setting a new world record in the clean and jerk - 164 kg ^[1] .

At the 2014 World Cup, she won first place, but was disqualified for doping ^[1] .

In early November 2018, at the World Championships in Ashgabat, the Korean athlete, in the weight category up to 87 kg., Won the absolute silver medal, taking a total weight of 263 kg. At the same time, in the push exercise, she won a small gold medal with a barbell weight of 152 kg, and in the jerk exercise, she won a small bronze medal with a result of 111 kg.