Ri Yong-sam

Ri Yong-sam
Personal information
Nationality North Korea
Born (1972-08-22) 22 August 1972
Sport
Country North Korea
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  North Korea
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1996 AtlantaBantamweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1998 Bangkok58 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2000 Guilin58 kg
Gold medal – first place1999 Tashkent58 kg
Gold medal – first place1996 Xiaoshan58 kg
Ri Yong-sam
Hangul
리영삼
RRRi Yeongsam
MRRi Yŏngsam

Ri Yong-sam (born August 22, 1972) is a North Korean wrestler. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal after defeating Harun Doğan of Turkey with a score 3-0 in the men's Freestyle Bantamweight (52-57 kg) category. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1] He received a gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ri Yong-Sam". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Successes of DPRK players". Korean Central News Agency. Pyongyang. 25 December 1998. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014.