North Korea · Women's 63 kg, November 2011
Pak Hyon-suk
Pak Hyon-suk is a weightlifter from North Korea, born in 1985, with one Olympic gold medal and one World Championships medal (1 bronze). The results below cover 10 competitions from 2003 to 2011. The latest result came in the women's 63 kg class, at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Olympic gold
- 1
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 247 kg
- Best snatch
- 110 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 137 kg
Pak Hyon-suk's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 gold. World Championships: 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 58 kg from 2003 to 2004, 63 kg from 2007 to 2008, 58 kg in 2009, 63 kg in 2009, 58 kg in 2010, 63 kg in 2011. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 62.05 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 69 kg.
Latest result: 2011 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 November 2011, 63 kg, total 241 kg, place 5.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 kg2007 to 2011 | 110 | 137 | 247 |
| 58 kg2003 to 2010 | 104 | 133 | 233 |
Pak Hyon-suk by the numbers
Pak Hyon-suk'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
- 332.8
- From 247 kg at 59.75 kg bodyweight, 2009 East Asian Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 12th of 864
- 247 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
- 80%
- At the best total, 110 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 2009, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 9 of 10
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Pak Hyon-suk makes each attempt
Pak Hyon-suk made 63% of snatch attempts and 38% 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
Pak Hyon-suk head to head
The lifters Pak Hyon-suk 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 | Pak Hyon-suk ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Michaela Breeze |
4 | 4 | 0 |
 Christine Girard |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Kim Soo-Kyung |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Luz Acosta |
3 | 3 | 0 |
| Mayu Hashida | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Pak Hyon-suk'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 5 | 241 | 63 kg | 62.05 | 102 | 108 | 133 | |||
| 2011 Asian Championships 9 Apr 2011 | 2 | 236 | 63 kg | 59.44 | 101 | 106 | 130 | |||
| 2010 Asian Games 12 Nov 2010 | 2 | 232 | 58 kg | 57.54 | 100 | 104 | 128 | |||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | - | - | 58 kg | 57.67 | 103 | |||||
| 2009 East Asian Games 7 Dec 2009 | 1 | 247 | 63 kg | 59.75 | 102 | 107 | 110 | 133 | 137 | |
| 2009 Asian Championships 9 May 2009 | 2 | 233 | 58 kg | 57.65 | Snatch 100, clean and jerk 133; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | 1 | 241 | 63 kg | 61.8 | 102 | 106 | 135 | |||
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | 3 | 240 | 63 kg | 60.43 | 100 | 105 | 133 | 135 | ||
| 2004 Olympic Games 14 Aug 2004 | 6 | 217.5 | 58 kg | 57.63 | Snatch 95, clean and jerk 122.5; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 | 5 | 205 | 58 kg | 57.13 | 90 | 115 | ||||
Compare Pak Hyon-suk
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Pak Hyon-suk met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.