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 The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

and won the silver medal with 220.0 kg in total. She repeated this in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, 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.

References

External links

Song Hui Ri at databaseOlympics.com
1978 births Living people North Korean female weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for North Korea Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for North Korea World record setters in weightlifting Olympic medalists in weightlifting Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1998 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics People's Athletes Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games World Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century North Korean women 21st-century North Korean people 20th-century North Korean women 20th-century North Korean people {{NorthKorea-weightlifting-bio-stub