Ri Chong-song
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| Born | May 31, 1997 North Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | North Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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| Hangul | 리청성 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RR | Ri Cheongseong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MR | Ri Ch'ŏngsŏng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ri Chong-song (Korean: 리청성; born 31 May 1997) is a North Korean male weightlifter competing in the men's 81 kg category.[2] He won the gold medal in the men's 81 kg event at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships held in Manama, Bahrain,[3] and a gold medal in the men's 81 kg event at the 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan,[4] and 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.[5][6]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Manama, Bahrain | 81 kg | 161 | 166 |  |
201 | 205 | |
371 |
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| 2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 73 kg | 150 | 155 | 4 | 182 | 187 |  |
342 | 4 | ||
| Asian Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 81 kg | 169 | |
200 | |
369 |
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| Asian Games | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Hangzhou, China | 81 kg | 160 | 165 | 169 | |
195 | |
364 |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Profile/RI Chongsong". ocagames.com. Asian Games. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
- ^ "Ri Chong-song". IWRP - Weightlifting Database.
- ^ "2024 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "N. Korea dominates in weightlifting in return to int'l sports competition". The Korea Times. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "Weightlifting Medalists" (PDF). 2022 Asian Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
External links
[edit]1951–1990: 75 kg • 1994: 76 kg • 1998–2018: 77 kg • 2022: 81 kg | |
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