North Korean table tennis playerIn this Korean name, the family name is Ri.

Ri Chol-guk (이철국; born December 25, 1985 in Pyongyang) is a North Korean table tennis player. As of May 2012, Ri is ranked no. 86 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). Ri is a member of the table tennis team for Kigwancha Sports Club, and is coached and trained by Kim Jin Myong. He is also right-handed, and uses the penhold grip.

Ri qualified for the men's singles tournament, along with his teammates Jang Song-Man and Kim Hyok-Bong, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a place as one of the top 7 seeded players from the Asian Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong. He received a single bye for the first round match, before losing out to Austria's Robert Gardos, with a set score of 3–4.

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External links

• Ri Chol-guk at the International Table Tennis Federation
• NBC 2008 Olympics profile