Ri Song Hui

Olympic athlete

1978 –

95

Who is Ri Song Hui?

Ri Song-Hui 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.

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Born
Dec 3, 1978
Also known as
  • Song Hui Ri
Nationality
  • North Korea

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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