Yoon Jin-hee’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Korean weightlifter
A.K.A. Yun Jin-hui
Is Athlete 
Weightlifter 
From South Korea 
Type Sports 
Gender female
Birth 4 August 1986, Wonju
Age: 34 years
Star sign Leo
Family
Spouse: Won Jeong-Sik

Yoon Jin-Hee (Hangul: 윤진희, Hanja: 尹眞熙) (born August 4, 1986 in Wonju, Gangwon-do) is a South Korean weightlifter.

Career

She ranked 3rd in the Women’s 58 kg at the 2005 Junior World Championships in Busan, South Korea, lifting 206 kg in total. She also competed in the Women’s 58 kg at the 2005 World Championships in Doha, Qatar and reached the 4th spot with 215 kg in total.

At the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked fourth in the 58 kg category, and in the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she won the bronze medal in the 53 kg category with 211 kg in total.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics she won silver medal in women’s 53 kg, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics she finished third in the same category. She decided to retire earlier but in 2014 abandoned retirement to compete for South Korea in the national team.

Major result

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing, China 53 kg 94 97 97 2 116 118 119 2 213 02 !
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 53 kg 88 90 90 4 110 110 111 3 199 03 !
World Championships
2005 Doha, Qatar 58 kg 89 95 97 5 113 117 120 4 215 4
2006 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 58 kg 90 94 97 4 113 118 123 4 212 4
2007 Chiang Mai, Thailand 53 kg 90 90 94 01 ! 110 115 117 03 ! 211 03 !
2009 Goyang, South Korea 53 kg 93 95 96 02 ! 113 116 119 03 ! 209 03 !
2011 Paris, France 53 kg 87 90 90 10 105 110 112 11 197 11
2015 Houston, United States 53 kg 75 80 83 15 98 103 105 15 188 16
Asian Games
2006 Doha, Qatar 58 kg 90 93 95 5 110 115 115 4 208 4

Notes and references

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