Ri Chol-guk

Ri Chol-Guk
Nationality  North Korea
Born (1985-12-25) 25 December 1985
Pyongyang, North Korea
Playing style Right-handed, penhold[1]
Equipment(s) Butterfly[1]
Highest ranking 82 (March 2012)[2]
Current ranking 86 (May 2012)[2]
Club Kigwancha Sports Club[1]
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
This is a Korean name; the family name is Ri.

Ri Chol-Guk (also Lee Cheol-Guk, Korean: 이철국; born December 25, 1985 in Pyongyang) is a North Korean table tennis player.[3] As of May 2012, Ri is ranked no. 86 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] Ri is a member of the table tennis team for Kigwancha Sports Club, and is coached and trained by Kim Jin Myong.[1] He is also right-handed, and uses the penhold grip.[1]

Ri qualified for the men's singles tournament, along with his teammates Jang Song-Man and Kim Hyok-Bong, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a place as one of the top 7 seeded players from the Asian Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong.[4][5] He received a single bye for the first round match, before losing out to Austria's Robert Gardos, with a set score of 3–4.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "ITTF World Player Profile – Ri Chol-Guk". ITTF. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "ITTF World Ranking – Ri Chol-Guk". ITTF. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ri Chol-Guk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Players Qualified for the Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Marshall, Ian (8 March 2008). "Wang Nan Secures Place in Beijing Olympic Games". ITTF. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Men's Singles First Round". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Gutsy Gardos to reach round two". BBC Sport. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2013.


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