Ri Chol-guk | |
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Nationality | North Korea |
Born | Pyongyang, North Korea | 25 December 1985
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
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] |
Ri Chol-guk | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 철국 |
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Revised Romanization | Lee Cheol-guk |
McCune–Reischauer | Ri Chol-guk |
Ri Chol-guk (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]