Yu Dong-ju
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| Full name | Yu Dong-ju | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 August 1993 Sunchang, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88.50 kg (195 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Jinan County Office | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Choi Byung-Chan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yu Dong-ju (Korean: 유동주; born August 19, 1993) is a South Korean male weightlifter, competing in the 85 kg category and representing South Korea at international competitions.
Career
[edit]He participated in the men's 85 kg event at the 2015 World Championships and at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing in fourteenth position.[1][2]
In August 2024, Yu Dong-ju competed in the men's 89 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He lifted 371 kg in total and placed sixth.
Major results
[edit]| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 85 kg | 150 | — | 190 | — | 340 | 13 | ||||
| 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 96 kg | 160 | — | 200 | — | 360 | 8 | ||||
| 2024 | Paris, France | 89 kg | 163 | 168 | — | 203 | — | 371 | 6 | |||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Houston, United States | 85 kg | 151 | 157 | 15 | 193 | 198 | 9 | 355 | 11 | ||
| 2017 | Anaheim, United States | 85 kg | 158 | 6 | 194 | 5 | 352 | 4 | ||||
| 2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 89 kg | 157 | 162 | 9 | 200 | 205 | 4 | 367 | 5 | ||
| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 89 kg | 160 | 165 | 167 |  |
200 | 204 | |
371 | 
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| 2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 89 kg | 155 | 160 | 13 | 195 | 13 | 355 | 12 | |||
| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Tianjin, China | 89 kg | 160 | |
200 | 205 | |
365 |
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| 2024 | Phuket, Thailand | 89 kg | 163 | 166 | 8 | 200 | 209 | 5 | 375 | 5 | ||
| Asian Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 85 kg | 150 | 155 |  |
185 | |
340 |
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| 2016 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 85 kg | 155 | 161 | |
192 | 4 | 353 | 4 | |||
| 2017 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 85 kg | 151 | 156 | |
180 | 194 | |
350 | 4 | ||
| 2019 | Ningbo, China | 89 kg | 160 | 4 | 198 | 202 | 207 | |
367 |
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| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 89 kg | 160 | 5 | 200 | 207 | |
367 | 4 | |||
| 2023 | Jinju, South Korea | 89 kg | 155 | 161 | 6 | 195 | 201 | 5 | 362 | 5 | ||
| 2024 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 89 kg | 145 | 10 | 190 | 195 | 201 | |
346 | 6 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "2015 Weightlifting World Championships - Yu Dongju". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ "Yu Dong-ju". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
External links
[edit]- Yu Dong-ju at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Yu Dong-ju at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Yu Dong-ju at Olympics.com
- Yu Dong-ju at Olympedia
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- Living people
- South Korean male weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters for South Korea
- Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- 21st-century South Korean sportsmen
- South Korean weightlifting biography stubs