Ri Song-chol

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,^[1] where he was the flag bearer for North Korea at the opening ceremony.^[2]

Ri Song-chol
Ri with the flag at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
Born	(1986-04-05) April 5, 1986 (age 39) 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 Representing  North Korea Figure skating: Men's singles Asian Figure Skating Trophy 2008 Asian Trophy Hong Kong

Ri Song-chol
Chosŏn'gŭl	리성철
Revised Romanization	I Seongcheol
McCune–Reischauer	Ri Sŏngch'ŏl

In this Korean name, the family name is Ri.

Ri was elected to North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly in the 2009 North Korean parliamentary election, representing the 418th Electoral District.^[3] He did not renew his seat in the following elections.^[4]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2009–2010 [5]	Whistle Wind by I. T. Kim	The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[6]
Event	00–01	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11
Winter Olympics									25th
Nebelhorn Trophy									11th
Asian Games		9th				6th				8th
Asian Trophy								1st
Ice Challenge										6th
International: Junior
JGP China				8th
JGP Serbia		3rd
Triglav Trophy			2nd J
National[6]
North Korea	4th	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st