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Medal record
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 리성희 |
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| 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]
Notes and references
- ^ "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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