Sa Jae-Hyouk (Hangul: 사재혁, Hanja: 史載赫; ; born January 29, 1985, in Hongcheon, Gangwon-do, South Korea) is a South Korean weightlifter. He is 165 cm tall.

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.

Sa Jae-hyouk

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

Sa Jae-hyouk

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

Sa Jae-hyouk

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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Living people

South Korean male weightlifters

Olympic weightlifters for South Korea

Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for South Korea

1985 births

World Weightlifting Championships medalists

Olympic medalists in weightlifting

Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games

Jae-hyouk

Asian Games competitors for South Korea

South Korean Buddhists

Sportspeople from Gangwon Province, South Korea

20th-century South Korean people

21st-century South Korean people