Ri Song-chol

North Korean figure skater

Ri Song-chol

Ri with the flag at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony

Born|  (1986-04-05) April 5, 1986 (age 37)
Pyongyang, North Korea
Height| 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Figure skating career
Country| North Korea
Coach| Jon Il-gyu
Paek Un-yong
Skating club| Pyongchol Club
Began skating| 1994
Retired| 2011

Medal record

Representing  North Korea
Figure skating: Men's singles
Asian Figure Skating Trophy
| 2008 Asian Trophy | Hong Kong

Ri Song-chol

Chosŏn'gŭl|

리성철

Revised Romanization| I Seongcheol
McCune–Reischauer| Ri Sŏngch'ŏl

In this Korean name, the family name is  Ri.

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 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[edit]

Season  | Short program | Free skating

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2009–2010
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* Whistle Wind
by I. T. Kim

* The Four Seasons
by Antonio Vivaldi

## Competitive highlights[edit]

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 Olympics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 25th |
Nebelhorn Trophy |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11th |
Asian Games |  | 9th |  |  |  | 6th |  |  |  | 8th
Asian Trophy |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1st |  |
Ice Challenge |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6th
International: Junior
JGP China |  |  |  | 8th |  |  |  |  |  |
JGP Serbia |  | 3rd |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Triglav Trophy |  |  | 2nd J |  |  |  |  |  |  |
National[6]
North Korea | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |

## References[edit]

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. ^ a b "Competition Results: Song Chol RI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.

## External links[edit]

* Ri Song-chol at the International Skating Union

Olympic Games

Preceded by

Han Jong-in

|  Flagbearer for  North Korea
2010 Vancouver | Succeeded by

Hwang Chung-gum
with Won Yun-jong for
Korea

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Asian Open Trophy champions in figure skating – Men's singles

* 2007:  Henry Lu Shih-hao
* 2008:  Ri Song-chol
* 2010:  Akio Sasaki
* 2011:  Yan Han
* 2012:  Chiu Ting Ronald Lam
* 2013:  Tatsuki Machida
* 2014:  Shoma Uno
* 2015:  Michael Christian Martinez
* 2016:  Keiji Tanaka
* 2017:  Keiji Tanaka
* 2018:  Sōta Yamamoto
* 2019:  Daniel Grassl

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