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.

This is a Korean name; the family name is Ri.
Ri Song-Hui
Personal information
BornDecember 3, 1978
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  North Korea
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney– 58 kg
2004 Athens– 58 kg
World Championships
2002 Warsaw – 53 kg
1997 Chiangmai – 54 kg
1999 Athens – 58 kg
2003 Vancouver – 53 kg
Asian Games
2002 Busan – 53 kg
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]

Notes and 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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