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.
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| Born | December 3, 1978 (age 45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Hangul | 리성희 |
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| Revised Romanization | Ri Seong-hui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri 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]
References edit
- ^ "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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