Pak Jong-ju (born 14 March 1997) is a North Korean weightlifter competing in the 69 kg and 62 kg categories until 2018 and 67 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.
Career He was the Gold Medalist at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in the 62 kg category. In 2018 he competed in the newly created 67 kg division at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships and finished sixth.
He competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup (a qualifying event for the 2020 Summer Olympics) held in Fuzhou. He won a gold medal in the total with 318 kg competing in the 67 kg division.
Major results Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank World Championships 2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 67 kg 140 140 144 10 175 180 181 6 315 6 2019 Pattaya, Thailand 67 kg 142 146 146 9 178 184 188 WR 330 Asian Championships2019 Ningbo, China 67 kg 140 143 143 175 179 184 322 IWF World Cup2019 Fuzhou, China 67 kg 138 141 143 174 177 177 318
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