Ri Song-hui

Ri Song-Hui (born December 3, 1978) is a North Korean weightlifter who competed in the women's 58 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal with 220.0 kg in total.

Ri Song-Hui
Personal information
BornDecember 3, 1978 (1978-12-03) (age 44)
Height152 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  North Korea
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2000 Sydney 58 kg
Silver medal – second place2004 Athens 58 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Warsaw 53 kg
Silver medal – second place 1997 Chiangmai 54 kg
Silver medal – second place 1999 Athens 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2003 Vancouver 53 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan 53 kg
Silver medal – second place 1998 Bangkok 58 kg
Korean name
Hangul
리성희
Revised RomanizationRi Seong-hui
McCune–ReischauerRi Sŏng-hŭi

She repeated this in the 2004 Summer Olympics, this time lifting a total of 232.5 kg.

With 102 kg she broke the world record in snatch in the women's 53 kg class.[1]

References

  1. "Progress of World Records, Women Seniors". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-09.


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