Ri Chong-song (; born 31 May 1997) is a North Korean male
weightlifter
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competing in the men's 81 kg category. He won the gold medal in the
men's 81kg event at the
2024 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2024 World Weightlifting Championships was an Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting competition held in Manama, Bahrain, from 6 to 15 December 2024.
Schedule
Medal table
Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
Ranking by all medals: Big ...
held in
Manama
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,
Bahrain
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, and a gold medal in the men's 81kg event at the
2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in
Tashkent
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,
Uzbekistan
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, and
2022 Asian Games
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held in
Hangzhou
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,
China
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.
Achievements
References
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1997 births
Living people
North Korean male weightlifters
Place of birth missing (living people)
Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
Weightlifters at the 2022 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea
World Weightlifting Championships medalists
21st-century North Korean sportsmen