Song Kuk-hyang

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{{Medal|Sport| Women's weightlifting }}

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{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2024 Manama | 76 kg }}

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{{Medal|Gold| 2022 Hangzhou | 76 kg }}

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{{Medal|Gold| 2024 Tashkent | 71 kg }}

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Song Kuk-hyang (born 1 February 2001){{Cite web|title=Weightlifting Results Book|url=http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/internazionali/2018/10.06.18%20-%20olimpiadi%20giovanili/2018%20-%20Results%20Book%20Giochi%20Olimpici%20Giovanili.pdf|website=2018 Summer Youth Olympics|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517114751/http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/internazionali/2018/10.06.18%20-%20olimpiadi%20giovanili/2018%20-%20Results%20Book%20Giochi%20Olimpici%20Giovanili.pdf|archive-date=17 May 2020|access-date=17 May 2020}} is a North Korean weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 76{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bahrain.{{Cite news |last=Khalatyan |first=Rafael |date=13 December 2024 |title=Asian streak shattered at Manama 2024 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1150700/nasar-reeves-weightlifting-world-champ |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=InsideTheGames.biz}}{{Cite web |title=2024 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2024/12/2024_IWF_WCH_ResultsBook.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215173048/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2024/12/2024_IWF_WCH_ResultsBook.pdf |archive-date=15 December 2024 |access-date=16 December 2024 |website=International Weightlifting Federation}} She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.{{Cite news |date=9 October 2023 |title=N. Korea dominates in weightlifting in return to int'l sports competition |url=https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/sports/2024/11/829_360724.html |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=The Korea Times}}{{Cite web |title=Weightlifting Medalists |url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/resAG2022-/pdf/AG2022-/WLF/AG2022-_WLF_C93_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008163054/https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/resAG2022-/pdf/AG2022-/WLF/AG2022-_WLF_C93_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=8 October 2023 |access-date=8 October 2023 |website=2022 Asian Games}}

In 2018, Song competed in the girls' 63{{nbsp}}kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She did not complete a successful Snatch and she did not compete in the Clean & Jerk.

Song won the gold medal in the women's 71{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.{{Cite web |title=2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2024/02/2024-Asian-Weightlifting-Championships-RESULT-BOOK-FINAL3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213110742/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2024/02/2024-Asian-Weightlifting-Championships-RESULT-BOOK-FINAL3.pdf |archive-date=13 December 2024 |access-date=20 December 2024 |website=International Weightlifting Federation}} She set a new world record of 154{{nbsp}}kg in the Clean & Jerk.

Achievements

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! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg)

! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg)

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colspan=13 | World Championships
2024align=left | Manama, Bahrain76 kg112116116{{gold1}}141148153{{gold1}}264{{gold1}}
colspan=13|Asian Games
2023align=left| Hangzhou, China76 kg117117121{{n/a}}140148150{{n/a}}267{{gold1}}
colspan=13|Asian Championships
2024align=left| Tashkent, Uzbekistan71 kg115115122{{gold1}}145154{{gold1}}269{{gold1}}

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