North Korea · Women's 71 kg, September 2019
Kim Hyo-sim
Kim Hyo-sim is a weightlifter from North Korea, born in 1994, with one World Championships medal (1 bronze). The results below cover 9 competitions from 2009 to 2019. The latest result came in the women's 71 kg class, at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships.
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 250 kg
- Best snatch
- 114 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 137 kg
Kim Hyo-sim's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 53 kg in 2009, 58 kg in 2013, 63 kg from 2014 to 2018, 64 kg from 2018 to 2019, 71 kg in 2019. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (63 kg to 64 kg) and again in June 2025. At 65.85 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 69 kg.
Latest result: 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 September 2019, 71 kg, total 230 kg, place 3.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71 kg2019 | 110 | 120 | 230 |
| 64 kg2018 to 2019 | 114 | 135 | 249 |
| 63 kg2014 to 2018 | 113 | 137 | 250 |
| 58 kg2013 | 85 | 110 | 195 |
| 53 kg2009 | 82 | 102 | 184 |
Kim Hyo-sim by the numbers
Kim Hyo-sim'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
- 326.8
- From 250 kg at 62.98 kg bodyweight, 2018 Asian Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 7th of 864
- 250 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 63 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 82%
- At the best total, 113 kg of 137 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten women lifting in national federation meets sit between 70% and 85%.
- Age at best total
- 24
- Turned 24 in 2018, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 8 of 9
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Kim Hyo-sim makes each attempt
Kim Hyo-sim made 70% of snatch attempts and 70% of clean and jerk attempts at the competitions on this site, against 58% and 56% for every lifter at senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998. Below, each attempt in turn. Third attempts are the hardest: lifters ask for their heaviest weight last.
Snatch, first attempt
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
Kim Hyo-sim head to head
The lifters Kim Hyo-sim has met most often in the same class, three times or more with both posting a total, and how often each finished ahead.
| Rival | Met | Kim Hyo-sim ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Ye-ra | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Kim Hyo-sim'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.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 3 | 230 | 71 kg | 65.85 | 106 | 110 | 120 | not taken | ||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 2 | 249 | 64 kg | 63.88 | 105 | 110 | 114 | 127 | 131 | 135 |
| 2019 IWF World Cup (February) 22 Feb 2019 | 3 | 232 | 64 kg | 63.9 | 98 | 102 | 106 | 118 | 122 | 126 |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | - | - | 64 kg | 63.99 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2018 Asian Games 20 Aug 2018 | 1 | 250 | 63 kg | 62.98 | 111 | 113 | 132 | 135 | 137 | |
| 2014 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 20 Jun 2014 | 2 | 229 | 63 kg | 62.08 | 101 | 105 | 124 | |||
| 2014 Asian Junior Championships 4 Mar 2014 | 2 | 228 | 63 kg | 62.57 | 95 | 100 | 103 | 121 | 125 | |
| 2013 Asian Junior Cup 10 Sep 2013 | 1 | 195 | 58 kg | 57.9 | 85 | 110 | ||||
| 2009 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 19 May 2009 | 2 | 184 | 53 kg | 52.93 | 77 | 80 | 82 | 98 | 102 |
Compare Kim Hyo-sim
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Kim Hyo-sim met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.