Ro Kwang-ryol

Ro Kwang-ryol
Personal information
Born (2001-04-30) 30 April 2001 (age 25)
North Korea
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
CountryNorth Korea
SportWeightlifting
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 170 kg (2022)
  • Clean & Jerk: 218 kg (2024)
  • Total: 386 kg (2022)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  North Korea
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2024 Manama89 kg
Silver medal – second place2025 Førde88 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2026 Aichi–Nagoya85 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Hangzhou96 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Jiangshan89 kg
Gold medal – first place2026 Gandhinagar88 kg
Korean name
Hangul
노광렬
RRNo Gwangryeol
MRNo Kwangnyŏl

Ro Kwang-ryol (Korean: 노광렬; born 30 April 2001) is a North Korean weightlifter competing in the men's 88 kg category. He won the silver medal in the men's 89 kg event at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships held in Manama, Bahrain, and a silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2024Manama, Bahrain89 kg16216216792102162182nd place, silver medalist(s)3802nd place, silver medalist(s)
2025Førde, Norway88 kg1621681685208211215 CWR2nd place, silver medalist(s)3772nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Games
2022Hangzhou, China96 kg165170173N/a211216221N/a3862nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2025Jiangshan, China89 kg1601651682nd place, silver medalist(s)2102122191st place, gold medalist(s)3701st place, gold medalist(s)
2026 Ghandinagar, India88 kg1621671702nd place, silver medalist(s)207217220
WR		1st place, gold medalist(s)3871st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Ro Kwang Ryol". IWRP - Weightlifting Database.
  2. ↑ "2024 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "N. Korea dominates in weightlifting in return to int'l sports competition". The Korea Times. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Weightlifting Medalists" (PDF). 2022 Asian Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.