North Korea · Women's 87 kg, December 2019
Kim Un-ju
Kim Un-ju is a weightlifter from North Korea, born in 1989, with three World Championships medals (2 silver, 1 bronze). The results below cover 12 competitions from 2010 to 2019. The latest result came in the women's 87 kg class, at the 2019 IWF World Cup (December).
- World medals
- 3
- Best total
- 292 kg
- Best snatch
- 128 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 164 kg
Kim Un-ju's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 2 silver, 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 75 kg from 2010 to 2013, +75 kg in 2013, 75 kg in 2014, 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 86.91 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 260 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 | 115 | 154 | 269 |
| 75 kg2010 to 2014 | 128 | 164 | 292 |
| +75 kg2013 | 117 | 152 | 269 |
Kim Un-ju by the numbers
Kim Un-ju'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
- 350.4
- From 292 kg at 74.47 kg bodyweight, 2014 Asian Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 4th of 626
- 292 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
- 78%
- At the best total, 128 kg of 164 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
- 25
- Turned 25 in 2014, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 9 of 12
- Of the other three: two with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one with a good lift in each but no total in the published results.
How often Kim Un-ju makes each attempt
Kim Un-ju made 61% of snatch attempts and 69% 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 Un-ju head to head
The lifters Kim Un-ju 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 Un-ju ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Wang Zhouyu |
3 | 0 | 3 |
| Ao Hui |
3 | 2 | 1 |
| Bilegsaikhan Erdenebat | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Dolera Davronova |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Kim Un-ju'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 | 260 | 87 kg | 86.91 | 110 | 145 | 150 | |||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 2 | 269 | 87 kg | 86.5 | 110 | 115 | 148 | 154 | ||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 2 | 266 | 87 kg | 86.05 | 110 | 114 | 147 | 152 | ||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (February) 22 Feb 2019 | 1 | 266 | 87 kg | 86.3 | 107 | 112 | 146 | 151 | 154 | |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 2 | 263 | 87 kg | 86.6 | 108 | 111 | 145 | 150 | 152 | |
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | - | - | 75 kg | 74.63 | 120 | 126 | 154 | 157 | ||
| 2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 | 1 | 292 | 75 kg | 74.47 | 120 | 125 | 128 | 156 | 163 | 164 |
| 2013 Asian Interclub Championships 11 Sep 2013 | 1 | 269 | +75 kg | 76.39 | 107 | 111 | 117 | 143 | 152 | |
| 2013 Asian Championships 20 Jun 2013 | - | - | 75 kg | 74.6 | ||||||
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 3 | 265 | 75 kg | 74.75 | 105 | 111 | 114 | 146 | 151 | |
| 2011 Asian Championships 9 Apr 2011 | - | - | 75 kg | 74.16 | 132 | 140 | 146 | |||
| 2010 Asian Games 12 Nov 2010 | 4 | 245 | 75 kg | 74.75 | 103 | 107 | 138 |
Compare Kim Un-ju
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Kim Un-ju.