Om Yun-Chol

Who is Om Yun-Chol?

Om Yun-Chol is a weightlifter representing North Korea. He is 152 cm / 5'0" and weighs 56 kg /123 lbs. He won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics at the men's 56 kg event. He became only the fifth man to ever lift three times his own body weight. He is also the fourth man to lift over 3 times bodyweight multiple times after succeeding in breaking the world record clean and jerk of 169kg in the –56kg weight class during the Asian Interclub Championships.