Kim Woo-jae
Personal information
NationalityKorean
Born (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991 (age 32)
Weight80.51 kg (177.5 lb)
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportWeightlifting
Event81 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 160 kg (2018)
  • Clean and jerk: 192 kg (2017)
  • Total: 347 kg (2018)
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's weightlifting
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bogotá 81 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 77kg

Kim Woo-jae (김우재; born 26 September 1991) is a South Korean weightlifter[1] competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2] He won the bronze medal in the men's 81 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[3]

Career

He won the silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games[4][5] in the 77 kg division.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
2015 United States Houston, United States 77 kg 147 151 155 10 181 186 187 24 336 15
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 77 kg 154 154 158 6 185 192 195 6 346 4
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 81 kg 155 156 163 8 190 190 190 -- -- --
2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia 81 kg 155 160 162 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 190 194 195 5 357 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Asian Games
2018 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 77 kg 155 160 162 1 187 187 187 2 347 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Kim Woo-jae". iwf.net. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  2. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group B world championship entrants in 81 kg
  3. ^ Oliver, Brian (11 December 2022). "Teenager Nasar gets world record after bomb-out at weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Asian Games 2018 77kg division". asiangames2018.id. Archived from the original on August 23, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  5. ^ AFP. "No ordinary Choe: North Korean makes epic lift to win gold". MSN. Retrieved 31 December 2018.


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