Ri Song-chol
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Ri with the flag at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony | |||||||||||||||
| Born | April 5, 1986 Pyongyang, North Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country | North Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Jon Il-gyu Paek Un-yong | ||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Pyongchol Club | ||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2011 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Ri Song-chol | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 리성철 |
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| Revised Romanization | I Seongcheol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri Sŏngch'ŏl |
Ri Song-chol (born April 5, 1986) is a North Korean former competitive figure skater and politician. He is the 2008 Asian Figure Skating Trophy champion and a five-time North Korean national champion (2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010). He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he was the flag bearer for North Korea at the opening ceremony.
Ri was elected to North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly in the 2009 North Korean parliamentary election, representing the 418th Electoral District. He did not renew his seat in the following elections.