North Korea · Men's 69 kg, August 2008

Kim Chol-Jin

Kim Chol-Jin is a weightlifter from North Korea, born in 1978. The results below cover 2 competitions from 2007 to 2008. The latest result came in the men's 69 kg class, at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Best total
330 kg
Best snatch
146 kg
Best clean and jerk
185 kg
Career

Kim Chol-Jin's career

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Latest result: 2008 Olympic Games, 9 August 2008, 69 kg, total 326 kg, place 5.

Numbers

Kim Chol-Jin by the numbers

Kim Chol-Jin's record in context: where the best total ranks, how the snatch compares with the clean and jerk, and the lifts behind the best Sinclair score.

Best Sinclair score
468.1
From 330 kg at 68.87 kg bodyweight, 2007 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
48th of 1,135
330 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 69 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
78%
At the best total, 145 kg of 185 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten men lifting in national federation meets sit between 71% and 86%.
Age at best total
29
Turned 29 in 2007, the year of the best total.
Results

Kim Chol-Jin's competition results

Every result, newest first, with all six attempts. A struck-through weight is a missed attempt and a dash an attempt not taken. A dash under Total means no total was recorded, and "No lifts" that the lifter was entered but did not lift. Places are for the total.

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Competition Place Total Class Bodyweight Snatch 1 2 3 Clean and jerk 1 2 3
2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 5 326 69 kg 68.64 140146150 kg missed180 kg missed180 kg missed180
2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 5 330 69 kg 68.87 145 kg missed145150 kg missed185189 kg missed189 kg missed
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