Ri Suk
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| Born | March 16, 2003 North Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | North Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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| Hangul | 리숙 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RR | Ri Suk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ri Suk (Korean: 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
[edit]Ri Suk was born on 16 March 2003.[1] 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.[2][3]
After a four year absence from international competition,[4] 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.[5] Ri's total was 2 kg off of Deng's world record.[6]
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.[7][8] 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.[9]
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.[10][11][12]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 2024 | Manama, Bahrain | 64 kg | 108 | 112 | 115 |  |
143 | 147 | 149 |  |
264 |
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| 2024 | Phuket, Thailand | 64 kg | 108 | |
140 | |
264 |
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| 2024 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 64 kg | 105 | 110 | 112 | |
135 | 141 | |
253 |
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References
[edit]- ^ "2024 Asian Senior Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Uzbekistan Weightlifting Federation. 2 February 2024. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2024 – via International Weightlifting Federation.
- ^ a b "Ri Suk". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "2019 Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Asian Weightlifting Federation. 26 October 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (30 November 2024). "Bahrain, Women's preview: Six world record holders can take PRK top of medals table again". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Ri Suk breaks world record at Qatar Cup IWF Grand Prix II". Gulf Times. 10 December 2023. Archived from the original on 15 December 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (9 December 2023). "Doha, Day 6: PRK junior Ri takes eight world records in five lifts – including one from Deng Wei". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 17 February 2025.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (6 February 2024). "AWC 2024: North Korea continues winning streak, Rahmat sets two new world records". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Asian Weightlifting Championships 2024: India draw blank in Tashkent". International Olympic Committee. 8 February 2024. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (5 April 2024). "Phuket, Day 6: Sixth gold for PRK, and Australian Bruce strikes late to beat team-mate in race for Paris". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 15 March 2025.
- ^ "China's Deng sets new world record at Weightlifting World Cup". Xinhua. 12 December 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (17 December 2024). "Bahrain, Review: PRK leads way on the platform and hosts take plaudits for 'best ever' World Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025.
- ^ "Asian lifters shine at World Weightlifting Championships in Bahrain". Daily Tribune. 12 December 2024. Archived from the original on 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
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