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Ri Se-gwang

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Ri Se-gwang
Full nameRi Se Gwang
HometownPyongyang
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented North Korea
LevelSenior
Club4.21 sports club
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Stuttgart Vault
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Vault

Template:Korean name Ri Se Gwang (born January 21, 1985 in the S. Hamgyong Province) is a North Korean artistic gymnast. He won the bronze medal on the vault at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Ri's gold medal on the vault at the 2006 Asian Games was the first one for North Korea on that apparatus.[1]

Recently, he has been training a new vault with extreme difficulty, a Kasamatsu with an extra tucked salto in the secound flight[2]. Though he haven't performed such a difficult vault in international competitions successfully.

References

  1. ^ "DPR Korean wins men's vault gold at Asiad gymnastics". People's Daily Online (English). 2006-12-07. Retrieved 2008-07-26. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ . 2009-07-02 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeNaqmDiTzI&feature=related. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)