Ri Song-chol

Ri Song-chol (born April 5, 1986) is a North Korean former competitive figure skater and politician. He is the 2008 Asian Figure Skating Trophy champion and a five-time North Korean national champion (2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010). He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,[1] where he was the flag bearer for North Korea at the opening ceremony.[2]

Ri Song-chol
Ri with the flag at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
Born (1986-04-05) April 5, 1986
Pyongyang, North Korea
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Figure skating career
CountryNorth Korea
CoachJon Il-gyu
Paek Un-yong
Skating clubPyongchol Club
Began skating1994
Retired2011
Medal record
Representing  North Korea
Figure skating: Men's singles
Asian Figure Skating Trophy
Gold medal – first place2008 Asian TrophyHong Kong
Ri Song-chol
Chosŏn'gŭl
리성철
Revised RomanizationI Seongcheol
McCune–ReischauerRi Sŏngch'ŏl
In this Korean name, the family name is Ri.

Ri was elected to North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly in the 2009 North Korean parliamentary election, representing the 418th Electoral District.[3] He did not renew his seat in the following elections.[4]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2009–2010
[5]
  • Whistle Wind
    by I. T. Kim

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[6]
Event 00–01 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11
Winter Olympics25th
Nebelhorn Trophy11th
Asian Games9th6th8th
Asian Trophy1st
Ice Challenge6th
International: Junior
JGP China8th
JGP Serbia3rd
Triglav Trophy2nd J
National[6]
North Korea4th1st2nd2nd2nd1st1st1st1st

References
  1. "Song Chol Ri". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
  2. "Complete list of 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic flag-bearers". The Vancouver Sun. 2010-02-12. Archived from the original on 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  3. "[Annotated full list of elected MP's]" (XLS). North Korean Economy Watch. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  4. 중앙선거위 최고인민회의 제13기 대의원선거결과에 대하여 (in Korean). KCNA. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014.
  5. "Song Chol RI: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012.
  6. "Competition Results: Song Chol RI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.