Cha Kum-chol

Cha Kum-chol
Medal record
Competitor for  North Korea
Men's weightlifting
World Championships
2007 Chiang Mai – 56 kg
2010 Antalya 56 kg
Summer Universiade
2013 Kazan – 62 kg
Cha Kum-chol
Chosŏn'gŭl 차금철
Revised Romanization Cha Geumcheol
McCune–Reischauer Ch'a Kŭmch'ŏl
This is a Korean name; the family name is Cha.

Cha Kum-Chol (Chosŏn'gŭl: 차금철; born July 19, 1987) is a North Korean weightlifter. His personal best combined lift is 283 kg.

At the 2007 World Championships he became world champion in the 56 kg category.[1]

He competed in weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 56kg division, where he equalled his personal best to finish fifth.[1]

He is 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) tall and weighs 132 lb (60 kg).

Cha represents the April 25 Sports Team.[2]

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "CHA Kum-Chol". International Weightlifting Federation.
  2. "Best Players, Coaches for 2010 Selected". web.archive.org. KCNA. 6 January 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

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