Yoon Jin-hee

Yoon Jin-Hee (Korean: 윤진희; Hanja: 尹眞熙, Korean pronunciation: [jun.dʑin.ɦi]; born August 4, 1986, in Wonju, Gangwon-do) is a South Korean weightlifter.

Yoon Jin-hee

Personal information
Born	(1986-08-04) August 4, 1986 (age 38)
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)[1]
Spouse	Won Jeong-sik[2]
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	Women's 53 kg
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing -53 kg 2016 Rio de Janeiro –53 kg World Championships 2007 Chiang Mai -53 kg 2009 Goyang -53 kg

In this Korean name, the family name is Yoon.

Career

She ranked 3rd in the Women's 58 kg at the 2005 Junior World Championships in Busan, South Korea, lifting 206 kg in total.^[3] She also competed in the Women's 58 kg at the 2005 World Championships in Doha, Qatar and reached the 4th spot with 215 kg in total.^[3]

At the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked fourth in the 58 kg category, and in the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she won the bronze medal in the 53 kg category with 211 kg in total.^[3]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics she won silver medal in women's 53 kg, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics she finished third in the same category. She decided to retire earlier but in 2014 abandoned retirement to compete for South Korea in the national team.^[2]

Major result

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2008	Beijing, China	53 kg	94	97	97	2	116	118	119	2	213
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	53 kg	88	90	90	4	110	110	111	3	199
World Championships
2005	Doha, Qatar	58 kg	89	95	97	5	113	117	120	4	215	4
2006	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	58 kg	90	94	97	4	113	118	123	4	212	4
2007	Chiang Mai, Thailand	53 kg	90	90	94		110	115	117		211
2009	Goyang, South Korea	53 kg	93	95	96		113	116	119		209
2011	Paris, France	53 kg	87	90	90	10	105	110	112	11	197	11
2015	Houston, United States	53 kg	75	80	83	15	98	103	105	15	188	16
Asian Games
2006	Doha, Qatar	58 kg	90	93	95	5	110	115	115	4	208	4

References

1. "Yoon Jin Hee". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
2. "Rio 2016: S. Korean Yoon Jin-hee wins bronze in women's weightlifting". The Korea Times. 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
3. "YOON Jin-hee". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011.

External links

• Yoon Jin Hee at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Yoon Jinhee at the International Weightlifting Results Project
• Yoon Jinhee at Olympics.com
• Yoon Jinhee at Olympic.org (archived)
• Yun Jin-Hui at Olympedia