{{Short description|North Korean weightlifter (born 2003)}} {{family name hatnote|Ri||lang=Korean}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ri Suk | image = | caption = | nationality = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|03|16|df=y}} | birth_place = North Korea | height = | weight = 64 kg | sport = Weightlifting | event = | club = | pb = {{Unbulleted list|'''Snatch''': 115 kg (2024)|'''Clean & Jerk''': 149 kg (2024, '''CWR''')|'''Total''': 264 kg (2024, '''CWR''')}} | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Women's weightlifting }} {{MedalCountry|{{PRK}}}} {{Medal|Competition| World Championships }} {{Medal|Gold| 2024 Manama | 64 kg }} {{MedalGold|2025 Førde|63 kg}} {{Medal|Competition| Asian Championships }} {{Medal|Gold| 2024 Tashkent }} 64 kg {{Medal|Gold|2026 Gandhinagar|63 kg}} {{Medal|Competition| World Cup }} {{Medal|Silver| 2024 Phuket }} 64 kg | module3 = {{Infobox Korean name/auto | hangul = %리숙 | child = yes}} }}
'''Ri Suk''' ({{Korean|hangul=리숙}}; born 16 March 2003) is a North Korean weightlifter competing in the women's 64 kg category. She first competed at the 2018 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships, winning both divisions.
After four years from her last competition, she competed at the 2023 IWF Grand Prix II and set seven junior world records and broke the clean and jerk world record held by Deng Wei at the time. She also competed at the 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships and 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, earning the gold medal in both editions for her first titles in the championships. As of June 2025, she holds the world records for the clean and jerk and total in the category.
==Career== Ri Suk was born on 16 March 2003.<ref>{{cite web|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 |work=Uzbekistan Weightlifting Federation |via=International Weightlifting Federation |title=2024 Asian Senior Weightlifting Championships Results Book |date=2 February 2024 |url-status=dead |page=4 }}</ref> She first competed at the 2018 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Urgench, Uzbekistan, in the women's 53 kg category. There she lifted 87 kg in the snatch and 110 kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 197 kg. She won the overall gold medals in both the youth and junior divisions. The following year, she competed at the 2019 edition of the event held in Pyongyang, North Korea, in October. In the women's 64 kg category, she lifted 96 kg in the snatch and 122 kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 218 kg, winning the youth division though placing second in the junior division behind Kumushkhon Fayzullaeva of Uzbekistan.<ref name=iwf /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://awf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RESULT-BOOK-final3_compressed.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616071231/https://awf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RESULT-BOOK-final3_compressed.pdf |archive-date=16 June 2025 |title=2019 Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships Results Book |work=Asian Weightlifting Federation |url-status=live |date=26 October 2019 |access-date=16 June 2025 }}</ref>
After a four year absence from international competition,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iwf.sport/2024/11/30/bahrain-womens-preview-six-world-record-holders-can-take-prk-top-of-medals-table-again/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210110829/https://iwf.sport/2024/11/30/bahrain-womens-preview-six-world-record-holders-can-take-prk-top-of-medals-table-again/ |archive-date=10 December 2024 |title=Bahrain, Women's preview: Six world record holders can take PRK top of medals table again |date=30 November 2024 |last1=Oliver |first1=Brian |work=International Weightlifting Federation |url-status=live }}</ref> she returned at the 2023 IWF Grand Prix II in Doha, Qatar. She snatched 114 kg and clean and jerked 146 kg for a total of 260 kg in the women's 64 kg category. At this session, she had won the total gold medal, had broken seven junior world records and had set a new senior world record in the clean and jerk, breaking Deng Wei's world record set four years prior.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gulf-times.com/article/673283/sports/ri-suk-breaks-world-record-at-qatar-cup-iwf-grand-prix-ii |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215015226/https://www.gulf-times.com/article/673283/sports/ri-suk-breaks-world-record-at-qatar-cup-iwf-grand-prix-ii |archive-date=15 December 2023 |url-status=live |title=Ri Suk breaks world record at Qatar Cup IWF Grand Prix II |date=10 December 2023 |work=Gulf Times |access-date=16 June 2025 }}</ref> Ri's total was 2 kg off of Deng's world record.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iwf.sport/2023/12/09/doha-day-6-prk-junior-ri-takes-takes-eight-world-records-in-five-lifts-including-one-from-deng-wei/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217013104/https://iwf.sport/2023/12/09/doha-day-6-prk-junior-ri-takes-takes-eight-world-records-in-five-lifts-including-one-from-deng-wei/ |archive-date=17 February 2025 |work=International Weightlifting Federation |title=Doha, Day 6: PRK junior Ri takes eight world records in five lifts – including one from Deng Wei |date=9 December 2023 |last1=Oliver |first1=Brian |url-status=live }}</ref>
Ri competed at the 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan; she competed in the same category. Ri had a snatch of 112 kg and a clean and jerk of 141 kg for a total of 253 kg, failing to lift 147 kg for her last attempt to break the then-world record held by her. She won the overall gold medal 49 kg over the category's second placer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1143655/8-gold-medal-for-prk-first-for-indonesia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726184943/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1143655/8-gold-medal-for-prk-first-for-indonesia |archive-date=26 July 2024 |access-date=16 June 2025 |title=AWC 2024: North Korea continues winning streak, Rahmat sets two new world records |last1=Khalatyan |first1=Rafael |work=Inside the Games |url-status=live |date=6 February 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/asian-weightlifting-championships-2024-tashkent-india-results |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816023630/https://www.olympics.com/en/news/asian-weightlifting-championships-2024-tashkent-india-results |archive-date=16 August 2024 |access-date=16 June 2025 |work=International Olympic Committee |title=Asian Weightlifting Championships 2024: India draw blank in Tashkent |date=8 February 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> She then had her first loss of her senior international career after placing second behind Rim Un-sim at the 2024 IWF World Cup in Phuket, Thailand. She snatched 108 kg and clean and jerked 140 kg for a total of 248 kg, placing second by 10 kg.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iwf.sport/2024/04/05/phuket-day-6-sixth-gold-for-prk-and-australian-bruce-strikes-late-to-beat-team-mate-in-race-for-paris/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250315104232/https://iwf.sport/2024/04/05/phuket-day-6-sixth-gold-for-prk-and-australian-bruce-strikes-late-to-beat-team-mate-in-race-for-paris/ |archive-date=15 March 2025 |title=Phuket, Day 6: Sixth gold for PRK, and Australian Bruce strikes late to beat team-mate in race for Paris |date=5 April 2024 |last1=Oliver |first1=Brian |url-status=live |work=International Weightlifting Federation }}</ref>
Her first world championships were the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. There she snatched 114 kg and clean and jerked 149 kg for a total of 264 kg, breaking the clean and jerk and total world records set by Deng five years ago at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo, China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/12/c_138625191.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616072830/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/12/c_138625191.htm |archive-date=16 June 2025 |title=China's Deng sets new world record at Weightlifting World Cup |date=12 December 2019 |work=Xinhua |url-status=live |access-date=16 June 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://iwf.sport/2024/12/17/bahrain-review-prk-leads-way-on-the-platform-and-hosts-take-plaudits-for-best-ever-world-championships/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123173523/https://iwf.sport/2024/12/17/bahrain-review-prk-leads-way-on-the-platform-and-hosts-take-plaudits-for-best-ever-world-championships/ |archive-date=23 January 2025 |title=Bahrain, Review: PRK leads way on the platform and hosts take plaudits for 'best ever' World Championships |date=17 December 2024 |work=International Weightlifting Federation |last1=Oliver |first1=Brian |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.net.ph/2024/12/11/asian-lifters-shine-at-world-weightlifting-championships-in-bahrain |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250616072914/https://tribune.net.ph/2024/12/11/asian-lifters-shine-at-world-weightlifting-championships-in-bahrain |archive-date=16 June 2025 |work=Daily Tribune |date=12 December 2024 |title=Asian lifters shine at World Weightlifting Championships in Bahrain |url-status=live |access-date=16 June 2025 }}</ref>
== Achievements ==
{|class = "wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ Competition summary<ref name=iwf>{{cite web|url=https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=ri-suk-2003-03-15&id=15210 |title=Ri Suk |work=International Weightlifting Federation |access-date=16 June 2025 }}</ref> ! 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 |- | 2024 || align=left | Manama, Bahrain || 64 kg || 108 || 112 || '''115''' || {{silver2}} || 143 || 147 || '''149''' || {{gold1}} || '''264''' || {{gold1}} |- | 2025 || align=left | Førde, Norway || 63 kg || 105 || 108 || '''111''' || {{gold01}} || 136 || 140 || '''142''' || {{gold1}} || '''253''' || {{gold1}} |- ! colspan=13 | World Cup |- | 2024 || align=left | Phuket, Thailand || 64 kg || '''108''' || <s>113</s> || <s>113</s> || {{silver2}} || '''140''' || <s>147</s> || <s>147</s> || {{silver2}} || '''248''' || {{silver2}} |- ! colspan=13 | Asian Championships |- | 2024 || align=left | Tashkent, Uzbekistan || 64 kg || 105 || 110 || '''112''' || {{gold1}} || 135 || '''141''' || <s>147</s> || {{gold1}} || '''253''' || {{gold1}} |- |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Suk, Ri}} Category:2003 births Category:Living people Category:North Korean female weightlifters Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:World Weightlifting Championships medalists Category:21st-century North Korean sportswomen Category:Asian Weightlifting Championships medalists