{{Short description|South Korean weightlifter (born 1991)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Kim Woo-jae | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = Korean | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|09|26|df=y}} | birth_place = | height = | weight = {{convert|80.51|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | country = South Korea | sport = Weightlifting | event = 81 kg | pb = {{unbulleted list|Snatch: 160 kg (2018)|Clean and jerk: 192 kg (2017)|Total: 347 kg (2018)}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{KOR}} }} {{MedalSport| Men's weightlifting}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze| 2022 Bogotá | 81 kg }} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Jakarta|77kg}} }}

'''Kim Woo-jae''' ({{Korean|hangul=김우재}}; born 26 September 1991) is a South Korean weightlifter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=kim-woo-jae-1991-09-26&id=7383|title=Kim Woo-jae|publisher=iwf.net|accessdate=August 23, 2018}}</ref> competing in the 77&nbsp;kg category until 2018 and 81&nbsp;kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.<ref>[http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M81B.pdf PDF listing of 2018 Group B world championship entrants in 81 kg]</ref> He won the bronze medal in the men's 81{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.<ref name="nasar_bomb_out_2022">{{Cite news |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=11 December 2022 |title=Teenager Nasar gets world record after bomb-out at weightlifting World Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1131547/nasar-record |access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref>

==Career== He won the silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/sport/weightlifting/event/weightlifting-men-77kg/|title=Asian Games 2018 77kg division|publisher=asiangames2018.id|accessdate=August 23, 2018|archive-date=August 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823210539/https://en.asiangames2018.id/sport/weightlifting/event/weightlifting-men-77kg/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-xl/asia/sport/no-ordinary-choe-north-korean-makes-epic-lift-to-win-gold/ar-BBMksRi|title=No ordinary Choe: North Korean makes epic lift to win gold|author=AFP|website=MSN |accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref> in the 77&nbsp;kg division.

==Major results== {|class = "wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year ! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight ! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Rank |- ! width=40 | 1 ! width=40 | 2 ! width=40 | 3 ! width=40 | Rank ! width=40 | 1 ! width=40 | 2 ! width=40 | 3 ! width=40 | Rank |- ! colspan=13|Representing {{KOR}} |- ! colspan=13|World Championships |- | 2015 || align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Houston, United States || 77 kg || 147 || 151 || '''155''' || 10 || '''181''' || <s>186</s> || <s>187</s> || 24 || '''336''' || 15 |- | 2017 || align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Anaheim, United States || 77 kg || <s>154</s> || '''154''' || <s>158</s> || 6 || 185 || '''192''' || <s>195</s> || 6 || '''346''' || 4 |- | 2018 || align=left| {{flagicon|TKM}} Ashgabat, Turkmenistan || 81 kg || <s>155</s> || '''156''' || <s>163</s> || 8 || <s>190</s> || <s>190</s> || <s>190</s> || -- || -- || -- |- |2022 || align=left |{{flagicon|Colombia}} Bogotá, Colombia |81 kg |155 |<s>160</s> |'''162''' |{{Bronze3}} |190 |<s>194</s> |'''195''' |5 |'''357''' |{{Bronze3}} |- ! colspan=13|Asian Games |- |2018 || align=left| {{flagicon|INA}} Jakarta, Indonesia || 77 kg || 155 || '''160''' || <s>162 </s>||1|| <s>187</s> || <s>187</s> || '''187''' || 2 ||'''347''' ||{{Silver2}} |- |}

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==External links== * {{IWF|id=7383|athlete=kim-woo-jae-1991-09-26}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Woo-jae}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:South Korean male weightlifters Category:Asian Games silver medalists in weightlifting Category:Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Category:Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Category:World Weightlifting Championships medalists Category:21st-century South Korean sportsmen Category:Asian Weightlifting Championships medalists

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