North Korea · Women's +87 kg, December 2019
Kim Kuk-hyang
Kim Kuk-hyang is a weightlifter from North Korea, born in 1993, with one Olympic medal (1 silver) and two World Championships medals (2 bronze). The results below cover 16 competitions from 2009 to 2019. The latest result came in the women's +87 kg class, at the 2019 IWF World Cup (December).
- Olympic medal
- 1
- World medals
- 2
- Best total
- 306 kg
- Best snatch
- 132 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 175 kg
Kim Kuk-hyang's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 silver. World Championships: 2 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: +69 kg from 2009 to 2010, +63 kg in 2010, +75 kg from 2012 to 2016, +90 kg in 2017, +75 kg in 2018, +87 kg from 2018 to 2019. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (+75 kg to +87 kg) and again in June 2025. At 102.5 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be +86 kg.
Latest result: 2019 IWF World Cup (December), 10 December 2019, +87 kg, total 275 kg, place 2.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| +87 kg2018 to 2019 | 130 | 173 | 303 |
| +75 kg2012 to 2018 | 131 | 175 | 306 |
| +90 kg2017 | 132 | 167 | 299 |
| +63 kg2010 | 106 | 138 | 244 |
| +69 kg2009 to 2010 | 106 | 140 | 246 |
Kim Kuk-hyang by the numbers
Kim Kuk-hyang'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
- 328.4
- From 306 kg at 100.34 kg bodyweight, 2016 Olympic Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 6th of 479
- 306 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's +75 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 75%
- At the best total, 131 kg of 175 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
- 23
- Turned 23 in 2016, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 15 of 16
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Kim Kuk-hyang makes each attempt
Kim Kuk-hyang made 81% of snatch attempts and 73% 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 Kuk-hyang head to head
The lifters Kim Kuk-hyang 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 Kuk-hyang ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Chitchanok Pulsabsakul |
8 | 7 | 1 |
 Meng Suping |
7 | 0 | 7 |
 Nurul Akmal |
6 | 6 | 0 |
 Son Young-hee |
6 | 6 | 0 |
| Lee Hui-sol |
5 | 5 | 0 |
 Anastasiia Lysenko |
4 | 4 | 0 |
Kim Kuk-hyang'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 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 | 2 | 275 | +87 kg | 102.5 | 115 | 120 | 150 | 155 | ||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 4 | 303 | +87 kg | 100.8 | 125 | 130 | 167 | 173 | ||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 3 | 293 | +87 kg | 98.44 | 122 | 126 | 160 | 167 | not taken | |
| 2019 IWF World Cup (February) 22 Feb 2019 | 4 | 286 | +87 kg | 98.65 | 115 | 120 | 123 | 155 | 163 | |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 3 | 295 | +87 kg | 97.64 | 123 | 126 | 130 | 160 | 165 | |
| 2018 Asian Games 20 Aug 2018 | 1 | 291 | +75 kg | 97.49 | 120 | 123 | 126 | 160 | 165 | |
| 2017 Summer Universiade 19 Aug 2017 | 1 | 299 | +90 kg | 99.51 | 121 | 126 | 132 | 160 | 167 | |
| 2017 Asian Championships 21 Apr 2017 | 2 | 292 | +90 kg | 98.93 | 122 | 126 | 160 | 166 | ||
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 2 | 306 | +75 kg | 100.34 | 123 | 127 | 131 | 162 | 170 | 175 |
| 2016 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2016 | 1 | 291 | +75 kg | 98 | 122 | 127 | 131 | 160 | ||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 3 | 298 | +75 kg | 97.48 | 125 | 130 | 162 | 166 | 168 | |
| 2015 Asian Championships 6 Sep 2015 | 2 | 296 | +75 kg | 95.05 | 125 | 128 | 131 | 161 | 165 | |
| 2012 Asian Junior Championships 10 Nov 2012 | - | - | +75 kg | 91.75 | 152 | 156 | not taken | |||
| 2010 Youth Olympic Games 14 Aug 2010 | 3 | 244 | +63 kg | 87.11 | 100 | 106 | 138 | |||
| 2010 Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships 8 Apr 2010 | 1 | 246 | +69 kg | 88.7 | 98 | 102 | 106 | 133 | 135 | 140 |
| 2009 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 19 May 2009 | 1 | 221 | +69 kg | 85.05 | 92 | 95 | 96 | 123 | 125 | not taken |
Compare Kim Kuk-hyang
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Kim Kuk-hyang met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.