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Sa Jae-hyouk

South Korean weightlifter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ482915 ↗
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Sa Jae-Hyouk (Korean: 사재혁; Hanja: 史載赫; pronounced [sa.dʑɛ̝.ɦjʌk̚]; born January 29, 1985) is a South Korean weightlifter. He is 165 cm tall. He was born in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, South Korea.

In 2005, Sa won two gold medals in the clean and jerk and total at the 1st Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Busan, South Korea.

At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships he ranked 5th in the 77 kg category, with a total of 353 kg.

In 2008, he won a gold medal in the 77 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

At the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships he ranked 4th in the 77 kg category, with a total of 365 kg.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he dislocated his elbow while attempting 162 kg in his second snatch attempt and was forced to withdraw from the competition.

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“Sa Jae-hyouk” enters the record as south Korean weightlifter. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Jae-hyouk, South and Korean can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985, 2005, 2007, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1985-01-29. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Jae-hyouk, South and Korean.
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