In March, all the women in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea significantly greeted the 116th March 8 International Women's Day amid the warm congratulations and blessings of the people across the country.
With the feeling of sending congratulations to the women of the world, the "Voice of Korea" raised a question about the women Olympic gold medalists of Korea in the "Quiz Show" for March.
Here is the answer to the question.
The women Olympic gold medalists of Korea are Kye Sun Hui, Pak Hyon Suk, Hong Un Jong, An Kum Ae and Rim Jong Sim.
Kye Sun Hui defeated the Japanese rival on a decision in the 48-kg women's judo of the 26th Olympic Games Atlanta at the age of 16 and became the 7th Olympic gold medalist in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. She is the quadruple world judo champion who took the first place in the women's 52-kg event of the 2001 World Judo Championship and the women's 57-kg event of the 2003, 2005 and 2007 World Judo Championships.
Rim Jong Sim is the double Olympic gold medalist who demonstrated her fame as an ace weightlifter of the world by winning gold medals at the 30th and 31st Olympic Games. She lifted 124 kilograms in snatch and 278 kilograms in total at the women's 76-kg event in 2019, which still remain world records.
Pak Hyon Suk is the first Olympic gold medalist in the weightlifting circles of the DPRK. She lifted a total of 241 kilograms in the 63-kg women's weightlifting of the 29th Olympic Games Beijing in 2008 when she was 24 years old, winning the 9th Olympic gold medal.
She took the first place in the 2008 and 2009 world standings made public by the International Weightlifting Federation and was selected as one of the ten best women weightlifters of the world in 2008.
Hong Un Jong is the Olympic gold medalist in vaulting horse of the women's artistic gymnastics.
When she was 19 years old, she got the highest point of 15.650 in the finals of vaulting horse of the women's artistic gymnastics of the 29th Olympic Games Beijing in 2008, bagging the 10th gold medal.
An Kum Ae brought the 11th Olympic gold medal to Korea.
She defeated her Cuban rival on a decision in the finals of the 52-kg women's judo of the 30th Olympic Games London in 2012 at the age of 32, finally realizing her dream to become an Olympic gold medalist.