Ri Song-chol
Appearance
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Ri Song-chol | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Ri with the flag at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony | |||||||||||||||
Born | Pyongyang, North Korea | April 5, 1986||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
Country | North Korea | ||||||||||||||
Coach | Jon Il-gyu Paek Un-yong | ||||||||||||||
Skating club | Pyongchol Club | ||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
Retired | 2011 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ri Song-chol | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 리성철 |
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Revised Romanization | I Seongcheol |
McCune–Reischauer | Ri Sŏngch'ŏl |
Ri Song-chol (born April 5, 1986) is a North Korean former competitive figure skater and politician. He is the 2008 Asian Figure Skating Trophy champion and a five-time North Korean national champion (2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010). He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,[1] where he was the flag bearer for North Korea at the opening ceremony.[2]
Ri was elected to North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly in the 2009 North Korean parliamentary election, representing the 418th Electoral District.[3] He did not renew his seat in the following elections.[4]
Programs
[edit]Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2009–2010 [5] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[6] | ||||||||||
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Event | 00–01 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 |
Winter Olympics | 25th | |||||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 11th | |||||||||
Asian Games | 9th | 6th | 8th | |||||||
Asian Trophy | 1st | |||||||||
Ice Challenge | 6th | |||||||||
International: Junior | ||||||||||
JGP China | 8th | |||||||||
JGP Serbia | 3rd | |||||||||
Triglav Trophy | 2nd J | |||||||||
National[6] | ||||||||||
North Korea | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References
[edit]- ^ "Song Chol Ri". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
- ^ "Complete list of 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic flag-bearers". The Vancouver Sun. 2010-02-12. Archived from the original on 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
- ^ "[Annotated full list of elected MP's]" (XLS). North Korean Economy Watch. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ 중앙선거위 최고인민회의 제13기 대의원선거결과에 대하여 (in Korean). Korean Central News Agency. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014.
- ^ "Song Chol RI: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Song Chol RI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
External links
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Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- North Korean male single skaters
- Olympic figure skaters for North Korea
- Sportspeople from Pyongyang
- Figure skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
- Figure skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
- Figure skaters at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
- Asian figure skating biography stubs
- North Korean winter sports biography stubs