Nationality North Korea Weight 69 kg Choson'gul 홍영옥 Height 1.60 m | Event(s) 69 kg Name Hong Yong-ok McCune–Reischauer Hong Yongok | |
Born 19 August 1986 (age 38) ( 1986-08-19 ) | ||
Revised Romanization Hong Yeongok | ||
Hong Yong-ok (also Hong Yeong-ok, Korean: 홍영옥; born August 19, 1986) is a North Korean weightlifter. Hong represented North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's light heavyweight category (69 kg). Hong, however, did not finish the event, after failing to lift a single-motion snatch of 103 kg in three attempts.
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