# Ri Chong-song > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ri_Chong-song > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ri_Chong-song.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri_Chong-song > Source revision: 1355087270 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|North Korean weightlifter (born 1997)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ri Chong-song | image = | caption = | nationality = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|05|31}} | birth_place = [North Korea](/source/North_Korea) | height = 1.67 m{{cite web|url=https://www.ocagames.com/HZ_Info/AG2022-/en/results/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n2017996-ri-chongsong.htm|title=Profile/RI Chongsong|work=ocagames.com|publisher=[Asian Games](/source/Asian_Games)|access-date=June 11, 2025}} | weight = 81 kg | country = North Korea | sport = [Weightlifting](/source/Olympic_weightlifting) | event = | club = | pb = {{Unbulleted list|'''Snatch''': 169 kg ([2024](/source/2024_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_81_kg))|'''Clean & Jerk''': 209 kg (2023)|'''Total''': 374 kg (2023)}} | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's weightlifting }} {{MedalCountry|{{PRK}}}} {{Medal|Competition| [World Championships](/source/World_Weightlifting_Championships) }} {{Medal|Gold| [2024 Manama](/source/2024_World_Weightlifting_Championships) | [81 kg](/source/2024_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_81_kg) }} {{MedalSilver|[2025 Førde](/source/2025_World_Weightlifting_Championships)|[79 kg](/source/2025_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_79_kg)}} {{Medal|Competition| [Asian Games](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_Asian_Games) }} {{Medal|Gold| [2022 Hangzhou](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2022_Asian_Games) | [81 kg](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2022_Asian_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_81_kg) }} {{Medal|Competition| [Asian Championships](/source/Asian_Weightlifting_Championships) }} {{Medal|Gold| [2024 Tashkent](/source/2024_Asian_Weightlifting_Championships) }} 81 kg {{Medal|Silver|[2026 Gandhinagar](/source/2026_Asian_Weightlifting_Championships)|79 kg}} {{Medal|Competition| [IWF World Cup](/source/IWF_World_Cup) }} {{Medal|Gold| [2024 Phuket](/source/2024_IWF_World_Cup) }} 81 kg | module3 = {{Infobox Korean name/auto | hangul = %리청성 | child = yes}} }} '''Ri Chong-song''' ({{Korean|hangul=리청성}}; born 31 May 1997) is a North Korean [weightlifter](/source/Olympic_weightlifting) competing in the men's 79 kg category.{{cite web|url=http://www.iwrp.net/component/cwyniki/?view=contestant&id_zawodnik=27184|title=Ri Chong-song|publisher=IWRP - Weightlifting Database}} ==Career== Ri Chong-song won the gold medal in the [men's 81{{nbsp}}kg](/source/2024_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_81_kg) event at the [2024 World Weightlifting Championships](/source/2024_World_Weightlifting_Championships) held in [Manama](/source/Manama), [Bahrain](/source/Bahrain),{{Cite web |title=2024 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2024/12/2024_IWF_WCH_ResultsBook.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215173048/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2024/12/2024_IWF_WCH_ResultsBook.pdf |archive-date=15 December 2024 |access-date=16 December 2024 |website=International Weightlifting Federation}} and a gold medal in the men's 81{{nbsp}}kg event at the [2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships](/source/2024_Asian_Weightlifting_Championships) held in [Tashkent](/source/Tashkent), [Uzbekistan](/source/Uzbekistan),{{Cite web |title=2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2024/02/2024-Asian-Weightlifting-Championships-RESULT-BOOK-FINAL3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213110742/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2024/02/2024-Asian-Weightlifting-Championships-RESULT-BOOK-FINAL3.pdf |archive-date=13 December 2024 |access-date=20 December 2024 |website=International Weightlifting Federation}} and [2022 Asian Games](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2022_Asian_Games) held in [Hangzhou](/source/Hangzhou), [China](/source/China).{{Cite news |date=9 October 2023 |title=N. Korea dominates in weightlifting in return to int'l sports competition |url=https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/sports/2024/11/829_360724.html |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=The Korea Times}}{{Cite web |title=Weightlifting Medalists |url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/resAG2022-/pdf/AG2022-/WLF/AG2022-_WLF_C93_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008163054/https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/resAG2022-/pdf/AG2022-/WLF/AG2022-_WLF_C93_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=8 October 2023 |access-date=8 October 2023 |website=2022 Asian Games}} == Achievements == {|class = "wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year ! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight ! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=65 | Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Rank |- ! width=65 | 1 ! width=65 | 2 ! width=65 | 3 ! width=45 | Rank ! width=65 | 1 ! width=65 | 2 ! width=65 | 3 ! width=45 | Rank |- ! colspan=13 | [World Championships](/source/World_Weightlifting_Championships) |- | [2018](/source/2018_World_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Ashgabat](/source/Ashgabat), Turkmenistan || [73 kg](/source/2018_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_73_kg) || 150 || 154 || '''155''' || 4 || 182 || '''187''' || 190 || {{bronze3}} || '''342''' || 4 |- | [2024](/source/2024_World_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Manama](/source/Manama), Bahrain || [81 kg](/source/2024_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_81_kg) || 161 || 161 || '''166''' || {{gold1}} || 201 || 201 || '''205''' || {{gold1}} || '''371''' || {{gold1}} |- | [2025](/source/2025_World_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Førde](/source/F%C3%B8rde_(town)), Norway || [79 kg](/source/2025_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_79_kg) || 160 || '''163''' || 166 || {{gold1}} || 197 || '''197''' || 201 || 6 || '''360''' || {{silver02}} |- ! colspan=13 | [Asian Championships](/source/Asian_Weightlifting_Championships) |- | [2024](/source/2024_Asian_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Tashkent](/source/Tashkent), Uzbekistan || 81 kg || || || '''169''' || {{gold1}} || || || '''200''' || {{gold1}} || '''369''' || {{gold1}} |- ! colspan=13|[Asian Games](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_Asian_Games) |- | [2022](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2022_Asian_Games) || align=left| [Hangzhou](/source/Hangzhou), China || [81 kg](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2022_Asian_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_81_kg) || 160 || 165 || '''169''' || {{gold1}} || '''195''' || 210 || 210 || {{gold1}} || '''364''' || {{gold1}} |- |} ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * [https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=ri-chong-song-1997-05-31&id=10218 Ri Chong-song] at the [International Weightlifting Federation](/source/International_Weightlifting_Federation) {{Footer World Champions Weightlifting Men Middleweight}} {{Asian Games Champions Weightlifting Middleweight Men}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ri, Chong-song}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:North Korean male weightlifters Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Asian Games gold medalists in weightlifting Category:Weightlifters at the 2022 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Category:Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea Category:Asian Games weightlifters for North Korea Category:World Weightlifting Championships medalists Category:21st-century North Korean sportsmen Category:Asian Weightlifting Championships medalists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ri Chong-song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri_Chong-song) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri_Chong-song?action=history)). 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