Kim Soo-kyung (weightlifter)

{{Short description|South Korean weightlifter (born 1985)}}

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Kim Soo-Kyung (also Kim Su-Gyeong, {{langx|ko|김 수경}}; born August 6, 1985) is a South Korean weightlifter.{{cite sports-reference|title = Kim Soo-Kyung|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/kim-su-gyeong-2.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417233553/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/kim-su-gyeong-2.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 15 January 2013}} She won a silver medal for the 63 kg class at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, with a total of 240 kilograms.{{cite news|title=World champion Maneza wins the women's 63kg weightlifting at Guangzhou Asiad|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sports/2010-11/16/c_13609665.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127170317/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sports/2010-11/16/c_13609665.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 27, 2011|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|date=16 November 2010|accessdate=17 January 2013}}

Kim made her official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed for the women's middleweight class (63 kg). She finished only in fifth place by 2.5 kilograms short of her snatch record from Tunisia's Hayet Sassi, with a total of 215.0 kg (92.5 in the snatch, and 122.5 in the clean and jerk).

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Kim qualified for the second time in the women's 63 kg class, after finishing sixth from the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand.{{cite news|title=World Weighlifting [sic] Championships: Liu sets two records, claim three golds|url=http://archives.dawn.com/2007/09/24/spt19.htm|publisher=Dawn Archives|date=23 September 2007|accessdate=17 January 2013}} Kim placed sixth in this event, as she successfully lifted 98 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 127 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 225 kg.{{cite news|title=Women's 63kg (139 lbs) |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/weightlifting/resultsandschedules/rsc=WLW063000/standings.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=17 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730233718/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/weightlifting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DWLW063000/standings.html |archivedate=30 July 2012 }}