North Korea · Women's 45 kg, December 2024
Won Hyon-sim
Won Hyon-sim is a weightlifter from North Korea, born in 2002, with one World Championships medal (1 silver). The results below cover 5 competitions from 2019 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 45 kg class, at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships.
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 196 kg
- Best snatch
- 87 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 109 kg
Won Hyon-sim's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 silver in the total.
Weight classes: 49 kg in 2019, 45 kg from 2023 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025. At 45 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 49 kg.
Latest result: 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 December 2024, 45 kg, total 191 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 kg2023 to 2024 | 87 | 109 | 196 |
| 49 kg2019 | 78 | 95 | 173 |
Won Hyon-sim by the numbers
Won Hyon-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
- 319.7
- From 196 kg at 45 kg bodyweight, 2024 IWF World Cup. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 2nd of 180
- 196 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 45 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 80%
- At the best total, 87 kg of 109 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
- 22
- Turned 22 in 2024, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 5 of 5
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Won Hyon-sim makes each attempt
Won Hyon-sim made 73% of snatch attempts and 67% 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
Won Hyon-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 2 | 191 | 45 kg | 45 | 82 | 86 | 105 | |||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 1 | 196 | 45 kg | 45 | 80 | 85 | 87 | 100 | 106 | 109 |
| 2024 Asian Championships 3 Feb 2024 | 1 | 192 | 45 kg | 45 | 80 | 84 | 86 | 100 | 106 | |
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 1 | 181 | 45 kg | 45 | 77 | 82 | 90 | 95 | 99 | |
| 2019 Asian Youth Championships 19 Oct 2019 | 1 | 173 | 49 kg | 48.56 | 78 | 95 |
Compare Won Hyon-sim
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. These lifters lifted in nearby classes, in any year.