Ri Song-hui

North Korean weightlifter

In this Korean name, the family name is  Ri.

Ri Song-Hui

Personal information

Born| December 3, 1978 (1978-12-03) (age 45)
Height| 152 cm (5 ft 0 in)

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 Romanization| Ri Seong-hui
McCune–Reischauer| Ri Sŏng-hŭi

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.

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[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* Song Hui Ri at databaseOlympics.com
* Ri Song-Hui at Sports-Reference.com

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World Champions in Weightlifting – Women's Featherweight

* 1987:  Yan Zhangqun (CHN)
* 1988:  Peng Liping (CHN)
* 1989:  Peng Liping (CHN)
* 1990:  Liao Shuping (CHN)
* 1991:  Peng Liping (CHN)
* 1992:  Peng Liping (CHN)
* 1993:  Chen Xiaomin (CHN)
* 1994:  Karnam Malleswari (IND)
* 1995:  Karnam Malleswari (IND)
* 1996:  Zhang Xixiang (CHN)
* 1997:  Meng Xianjuan (CHN)
* 1998:  Wang Xiufen (CHN)
* 1999:  Li Feng-ying (TPE)
* 2001:  Li Feng-ying (TPE)
* 2002:  Ri Song-hui (PRK)
* 2003:  Udomporn Polsak (THA)
* 2005:  Li Ping (CHN)
* 2006:  Qiu Hongxia (CHN)
* 2007:  Li Ping (CHN)
* 2009:  Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ)
* 2010:  Chen Xiaoting (CHN)
* 2011:  Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ)
* 2013:  Li Yajun (CHN)
* 2014:  Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ)
* 2015:  Hsu Shu-ching (TPE)
* 2017:  Sopita Tanasan (THA)
* 2018:  Li Yajun (CHN)
* 2019:  Liao Qiuyun (CHN)
* 2021:  Ghofrane Belkhir (TUN)
* 2022:  Hidilyn Diaz (PHI)
* 2023:  Chen Guan-ling (TPE)

* 52 kg (1987–1992)
* 54 kg (1993–1997)
* 53 kg (1998–2017)
* 55 kg (2018–)

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