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She finished fifth in the 52-kg division at the 2003 World Judo Championships in Osaka, Japan, and also represented her nation North of Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
She finished fifth in the 52-kg division at the 2003 World Judo Championships in Osaka, Japan, and also represented her nation North of Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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.