Pak Jong-ju explained

Pak Jong-ju (born 14 March 1997) is a North Korean weightlifter^{[1] [2]} 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.^[3]

Career

He was the Gold Medalist at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics^[4] 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.^[5]

He competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup (a qualifying event for the 2020 Summer Olympics) held in Fuzhou.^[6] He won a gold medal in the total with 318 kg competing in the 67 kg division.^[7]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank	width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank
World Championships
	align=left			140	140	144	10	175	180	181	6	315	6
	align=left			142	146	146	9	178	184	188 WR		330
Asian Championships
2019		67 kg	140	143	143		175	179	184		322
IWF World Cup
		67 kg	138	141	143		174	177	177		318

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jongju Pak . Olympic Games . 31 December 2018.
2. Web site: Pak Jong Ju . IWF . 31 December 2018.
3. Web site: 2018 IWF World Championships Ashgabat – TKM 01.11.2018 – 10.11.2018 Start List Men 67kg A . IWF . 31 December 2018 . 19 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181219001219/http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M67A.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: Pak Jongju Wins 62kg Weightlifting Gold – Highlights Day 2 . Olympic Games . 31 December 2018.
5. Web site: 2018 World Championships Results . IWF . 31 December 2018.
6. Web site: 2019 IWF World Cup & Qualification Event For 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Start List . IWF .
7. Web site: 2019 IWF World Cup & Qualification Event For 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Results . IWF .