Rim Jong-sim

Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl	림 정심
Revised Romanization	Rim Jeong-sim
McCune- Reischauer	Rim Chŏngsim
See also : Korean name

Rim Jong-sim (born February 5, 1993 in Pyongyang ) is a North Korean weightlifter . She became 2012 Olympic champion in the weight class up to 69 kg body weight.

Career

Rim Jong-sim began lifting weights as a teenager in Pyongyang. The 1.63 meter tall athlete made her first international start at the Junior World Championship (U17) in Chiang Mai / Thailand. She started in the weight class up to 58 kg and came in second with a duel of 212 kg (92-120) behind the Chinese Deng Wei, who achieved 222 kg (98-124) in the duel.

In September 2010 she was used at the World Championships in Antalya in the weight class up to 63 kg. She came there with 231 kg (104-127) on the 5th place. In November 2010 she took 4th place at the Asian Games in Guangzhou / China in the weight class up to 69 kg with 232 kg (103-129).

At the Junior World Championships (U 20) in Penang in 2011, Rim Jong-sim won a medal again in the weight class up to 63 kg. She achieved there in a duel 225 kg (97-128) and came behind Tima Turijewa , Russia, 229 kg (102-127) and Karina Goritschewa, Kazakhstan, 227 kg (100-127) on the 3rd place, her one Brought in a bronze medal.

In 2012, Rim Jong-sim was used at the Olympic Games in London in the weight class up to 69 kg. She surprised there in a duel with a huge increase to 261 kg (115-146), which gave her the gold medal in front of Roxana Cocoș , Romania, who came to 256 kg (113-143) and Marina Schkermankowa , Belarus, who also won 256 kg ( 113-143) –143) achieved.

In 2013 Rim Jong-sim competed at the Asian Championships in Astana. She achieved it in the weight class up to 69 kg in a duel 255 kg (112-143), but was subject to her compatriot Ryo Un-hui , who came to 263 kg (118-145) and at the World Championships this year in Wrocław preferred to Rim Jong-sim received.

International success

2009	2.	Junior World Championships (U 17) in Chiang Mai / Thailand	up to 58 kg	with 212 kg (92–120), behind Deng Wei , China, 222 kg (98–124), in front of Sulphija Tschinschanlo , Kazakhstan, 207 kg (92–115)
2010	5.	World Cup in Antalya	up to 63 kg	231 kg (104-127); Winner: Maija Manesa , Kazakhstan, 248 kg (105–143) ahead of Sibel Şimşek , Turkey, 241 kg (111–130)
2010	4th	Asia Games in Guangzhou / China	up to 69 kg	with 232 kg (103–129), behind Liu Chunhong , China, 242 kg (110–132), Sinta Darmariani, Indonesia, 238 kg (101–137) and Wang Yan-Jhen, Taiwan, 233 kg (100–133)
2011	3.	Junior World Championships (U 20) in Penang	up to 63 kg	with 225 kg (97–128), behind Tima Turijewa , Russia, 229 kg (102–127) and Karina Goritschewa, Kazakhstan, 227 kg (100–127)
2012	gold	OS in London	up to 69 kg	with 261 kg (115-146), in front of Roxana Cocoș , Romania, 256 kg (113-143) and the doped Marina Schkermankowa , Belarus, 256 kg (113-143)
2013	2.	Asian Championship in Astana	up to 69 kg	with 255 kg (112–143), behind Ryo Un-hui , North Korea, 263 kg (118–145), in front of Yu Ying, China, 228 kg (100–128)

Explanations

• all competitions in single combat, consisting of snatching and pushing
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship

literature

• Athletics magazine

Web links

• Rim Jong-sim in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Rim Jong-sim and competitors at the 2012 Olympics
• Rim Jong-sim at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Website www.polska-sztanga.pl
• Website www.iwf.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Four Olympic weightlifting champions doped in London ( memento of the original from December 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Zeit online, June 16, 2016; accessed on August 16, 2016. 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Rim is the family name here, Jong-sim is the first name.