Ri Sang-sim

Ri Sang-sim (Korean: 리상심; born October 10, 1979 in Pyongyang) is a North Korean judoka who competed in the women's half-lightweight category.[1] She finished fifth in the 52-kg division at the 2003 World Judo Championships in Osaka, Japan, and also represented her nation North Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]

Ri Sang-sim
Personal information
Nationality North Korea
Born (1979-10-10) 10 October 1979
Pyongyang, North Korea
Height1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)52 kg
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
리상심
Revised RomanizationI Sangsim
McCune–ReischauerRi Sangsim
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Ri qualified for the North Korean squad in the women's half-lightweight class (52 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing third and granting a berth from the A-Tournament in Tallinn, Estonia. She lost her opening match to Japanese judoka and eventual silver medalist Yuki Yokosawa who scored an ippon victory and pulverized her with a tate shiho gatame (vertical four-quarter hold) at two minutes and twenty-seven seconds.[3] In the repechage, Ri gave herself a chance for an Olympic bronze medal by taking a two-point advantage on yuko against Senegal's Hortense Diédhiou, but came to a halt with a loss on points and an uchi mata makikomi (inner thigh wraparound) hold to British judoka and 2002 Commonwealth Games champion Georgina Singleton.[4][5]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ri Sang-sim". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. "Cuba's Savon Wins her First Judo World Championships Gold". Xinhua. China Radio International. 13 September 2003. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. "Uchishiba claims Japan's third judo gold medal". Kyodo News. The Japan Times. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  4. "Judo: Women's Half-Lightweight (52kg/115 lbs) Repechage Round 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. "Singleton exits from Games". BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2014.


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