Hong Yong-ok

Hong Yong-ok
Personal information
Nationality  North Korea
Born (1986-08-19) 19 August 1986
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) 69 kg
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl 홍영옥
Revised Romanization Hong Yeongok
McCune–Reischauer Hong Yŏngok
For the South Korean male sport shooter, see Hong Young-ok.
This is a Korean name; the family name is Hong.

Hong Yong-ok (also Hong Yeong-ok, Korean: 홍영옥; born August 19, 1986) is a North Korean weightlifter.[1] Hong represented North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's light heavyweight category (69 kg). Hong, however, did not finish the event, after failing to lift a single-motion snatch of 103 kg in three attempts.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Hong Yong-ok". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Women's 69kg (152 lbs)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

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