is a weightlifting coach of the April 25Combat Sports Team.
He was born into an ordinary farmer’s family. After graduating from KoreaUniversity of Physical Education, he started his career as a women’sweightlifting coach of the then Korean People’s Army Sports School in 2009.
With an ambition to produce Asian and world champions, he made strenuousefforts and thereby began to reap fruits.
His trainee Ri Su Yon took first place at the 2012 Asian Youth and JuniorWeightlifting Championships and won three gold medals at the 2013 WorldJuvenile Weightlifting Championships.
Full of confidence, he put spurs to the training of and guidance for histrainees.
Kye also coached Ri Song Gum to success.
Originally, when he took charge of her, his colleagues were concernedabout him for her poor performance.
However, whenever Ri got dispirited and succumbed to difficulties, Kyegave her strength and courage, saying she could become a world champion, if shedetermined and strived to be that.
A few years later, she surprised people by lifting with composure thebarbells two and three times heavier than her body weight at an internationalcontest.
She applied for a heavier weight that other players could not lift at eachcontest and succeeded in setting new records.
In particular, Ri achieved a stunning success in the women’s 49kg categoryof the weightlifting competition of the 19th Asian Games.
Kye coached her to go on a winning streak with shocking records in theinternational contests held in 2024 and 2025 and retain the world championship.
Hewas awarded the title of Merited Athlete in 2013 and People’s Athlete in 2025.
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