| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  North Korea
| ||
| Men's weightlifting | ||
| World Championships | ||
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2007 Chiang Mai | – 56 kg |
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2010 Antalya | – 56 kg |
| Summer Universiade | ||
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2013 Kazan | – 62 kg |
| Cha Kum-chol | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 차금철 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Cha Geumcheol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'a Kŭmch'ŏl |
Cha Kum-Chol (Korean: 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.
He competed in weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 56kg division, where he equalled his personal best to finish fifth.
He is 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) tall and weighs 132 lb (60 kg).
Cha represents the April 25 Sports Team.
Notes and references
- ^ "CHA Kum-Chol". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- "Best Players, Coaches for 2010 Selected". Korean Central News Agency. 6 January 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
External links
- NBC profile Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Athlete Biography at beijing2008
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- North Korean male weightlifters
- 1987 births
- Living people
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters for North Korea
- Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
- Weightlifters at the 2006 Asian Games
- Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Summer World University Games medalists in weightlifting
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for North Korea
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century North Korean sportsmen