Ri Chong-song

Ri Chong-song
Personal information
Born (1997-05-31) May 31, 1997 (age 29)
North Korea
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
CountryNorth Korea
SportWeightlifting
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 169 kg (2024)
  • Clean & Jerk: 209 kg (2023)
  • Total: 374 kg (2023)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  North Korea
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Manama81 kg
Silver medal – second place2025 Førde79 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Hangzhou81 kg
Bronze medal – third place2026 Aichi–Nagoya75 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Tashkent81 kg
Silver medal – second place2026 Gandhinagar79 kg
IWF World Cup
Gold medal – first place2024 Phuket81 kg
Korean name
Hangul
리청성
RRRi Cheongseong
MRRi Ch'ŏngsŏng

Ri Chong-song (Korean: 리청성; born 31 May 1997) is a North Korean weightlifter competing in the men's 79 kg category.

Career

Ri Chong-song won the gold medal in the men's 81 kg event at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships held in Manama, Bahrain, and a gold medal in the men's 81 kg event at the 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2018Ashgabat, Turkmenistan73 kg15015415541821871903rd place, bronze medalist(s)3424
2024Manama, Bahrain81 kg1611611661st place, gold medalist(s)2012012051st place, gold medalist(s)3711st place, gold medalist(s)
2025Førde, Norway79 kg1601631661st place, gold medalist(s)19719720163602nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2024Tashkent, Uzbekistan81 kg1691st place, gold medalist(s)2001st place, gold medalist(s)3691st place, gold medalist(s)
2026 Ghandinagar, India79 kg1551611611st place, gold medalist(s)1972062062nd place, silver medalist(s)3582nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Games
2022Hangzhou, China81 kg1601651691st place, gold medalist(s)1952102101st place, gold medalist(s)3641st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Profile/RI Chongsong". ocagames.com. Asian Games. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Ri Chong-song". IWRP - Weightlifting Database.
  3. ↑ "2024 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "N. Korea dominates in weightlifting in return to int'l sports competition". The Korea Times. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "Weightlifting Medalists" (PDF). 2022 Asian Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.