North Korea · Women's 49 kg, October 2026
Ri Sŏng-gŭm
Ri Sŏng-gŭm is a weightlifter from North Korea, born in 1997, with four World Championships medals (3 gold, 1 bronze). The results below cover 19 competitions from 2014 to 2026. The latest result came in the women's 49 kg class, at the 2026 World Weightlifting Championships. Ri Sŏng-gŭm holds the current women's 49 kg world records in the snatch, clean and jerk and total.
- World medals
- 4
- Best total
- 221 kg
- Best snatch
- 97 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 125 kg
Ri Sŏng-gŭm's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 3 gold, 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 44 kg in 2014, 48 kg from 2014 to 2018, 49 kg from 2018 to 2024, 48 kg in 2025, 49 kg in 2026. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (48 kg to 49 kg), June 2025 (49 kg to 48 kg) and August 2026 (48 kg to 49 kg).
Latest result: 2026 World Weightlifting Championships, 27 October 2026, 49 kg, total 211 kg, place 1.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 kg2026 | 94 | 121 | 215 |
| 48 kg2025 | 91 | 122 | 213 |
| 49 kg2018 to 2024 | 97 | 125 | 221 |
| 48 kg2014 to 2018 | 87 | 112 | 199 |
| 44 kg2014 | 66 | 93 | 159 |
Ri Sŏng-gŭm by the numbers
Ri Sŏng-gŭm's record in context: where the best total ranks, how the snatch compares with the clean and jerk, and the lifts behind the best Sinclair score.
- Best Sinclair score
- 338.7
- From 221 kg at 49 kg bodyweight, 2024 IWF World Cup. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 1st of 309
- 221 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 49 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Current world records
- 3
- Snatch 94 kg and clean and jerk 121 kg and total 215 kg, women's 49 kg.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 78%
- At the best total, 97 kg of 124 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten women lifting in national federation meets sit between 70% and 85%.
- Age at best total
- 27
- Turned 27 in 2024, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 18 of 19
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Ri Sŏng-gŭm makes each attempt
Ri Sŏng-gŭm made 63% of snatch attempts and 68% of clean and jerk attempts at the competitions on this site, against 58% and 56% for every lifter at senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998. Below, each attempt in turn. Third attempts are the hardest: lifters ask for their heaviest weight last.
Snatch, first attempt
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
Ri Sŏng-gŭm head to head
The lifters Ri Sŏng-gŭm has met most often in the same class, three times or more with both posting a total, and how often each finished ahead.
| Rival | Met | Ri Sŏng-gŭm ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Jiang Huihua |
8 | 2 | 6 |
| Fang Wan-ling | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Hou Zhihui |
7 | 3 | 4 |
 Mirabai Chanu |
7 | 7 | 0 |
 Rosegie Ramos |
7 | 7 | 0 |
| Lin Cheng-jing | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Ri Sŏng-gŭm's competition results
Every result, newest first, with all six attempts. A struck-through weight is a missed attempt and a dash an attempt not taken. A dash under Total means no total was recorded, and "No lifts" that the lifter was entered but did not lift. Places are for the total.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Oct 2026 | 1 | 211 | 49 kg | - | Snatch 92, clean and jerk 119; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2026 Asian Games 23 Sep 2026 | 1 | 215 | 49 kg | - | Snatch 94, clean and jerk 121; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 2025 | 1 | 213 | 48 kg | 47.83 | 88 | 91 | 115 | 120 | 122 | |
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 1 | 213 | 49 kg | 49 | 91 | 119 | 122 | |||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 1 | 221 | 49 kg | 49 | 91 | 95 | 97 | 120 | 124 | |
| 2024 Asian Championships 3 Feb 2024 | 1 | 220 | 49 kg | 48.9 | 90 | 95 | 117 | 122 | 125 | |
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 2 | 213 | 49 kg | 49 | 90 | 93 | 120 | |||
| 2023 Asian Games 30 Sep 2023 | 1 | 216 | 49 kg | 49 | 92 | 117 | 122 | 124 | ||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 | 2 | 209 | 49 kg | 48.7 | 87 | 91 | 115 | 118 | ||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 3 | 204 | 49 kg | 48.75 | 89 | 115 | ||||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 2 | 200 | 49 kg | 48.88 | 83 | 86 | 109 | 114 | ||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (February) 22 Feb 2019 | 2 | 193 | 49 kg | 48.9 | 80 | 84 | 105 | 109 | ||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | - | - | 49 kg | 48.95 | 103 | not taken | ||||
| 2018 Asian Games 20 Aug 2018 | 1 | 199 | 48 kg | 47.98 | 85 | 87 | 112 | |||
| 2017 Summer Universiade 19 Aug 2017 | 1 | 193 | 48 kg | 47.84 | 81 | 84 | 86 | 103 | 107 | |
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 4 | 191 | 48 kg | 47.39 | 77 | 81 | 107 | 110 | ||
| 2015 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 6 Jun 2015 | 3 | 181 | 48 kg | 47.24 | 73 | 77 | 100 | 104 | ||
| 2014 Youth Olympic Games 16 Aug 2014 | 2 | 165 | 48 kg | 45.65 | 66 | 70 | 72 | 88 | 93 | |
| 2014 Asian Youth Championships 4 Mar 2014 | 1 | 159 | 44 kg | 43.84 | 63 | 66 | 83 | 88 | 93 | |
Compare Ri Sŏng-gŭm
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Ri Sŏng-gŭm met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.