Ri_Chol-Guk

Ri Chol-guk

Ri Chol-guk

North Korean table tennis player

In this Korean name, the family name is Ri.

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]

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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]
    "ITTF World Player Profile – Ri Chol-Guk". ITTF. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  2. [2]
    "ITTF World Ranking – Ri Chol-Guk". ITTF. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  3. [3]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ri Chol-Guk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
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    "Players Qualified for the Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
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    Marshall, Ian (8 March 2008). "Wang Nan Secures Place in Beijing Olympic Games". ITTF. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  6. [6]
    "Men's Singles First Round". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  7. [7]
    "Gutsy Gardos to reach round two". BBC Sport. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2013.


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