Ri Myong-sun

Ri Myong-sun (korean 꺄 ㅡ캐ㅜㅎ/녀ㅜ; born 26 January 1992 in Pyongyang) is a table tennis player from North Korea. She used as racket the Joo Se-hyuk racket and on the forehand the Tenergy 05, on the backhand she used long pips as the Butterfly Feint Soft.

Ri at the World Championships 2013 in Paris

Career

First in the adult area she played in 2011, where Ri took part in the Asian Championships and reached the round of 16. One year later Ri took part in the Olympics for the first time, where she reached the Quarterfinals with the team. In the singles she played first in the second round, because to this time she was number 20 in the world- she lost in her first match. 2013 she reached at her first World Championships the Quarterfinals, her best result to today (2017). 2014 she played the World Championships with the team too, but the North Korean team doesn't won a medal. At the Asian Games she won bronze with the team, while in the singles she reached the round of 16. At the Asian Cup, where Ri played, she missed the 3rd place, so she became fourth place.

2015 she played various events at the World Tour. At the World Team Cup she reached silver with the team, at the World Championships she lost early in the singles and doubles. At the Asian Championships she doesn't won a medal, too, but became doubles champion at the Pyongyang Open- in the singles she won bronze. 2016 she took part in the Olympics for the second time, but Ri won in both categorys, where she played (Singles and Team) no medal. With the team, she lost as 2012 in the Quarterfinals. However she for the first time in her career the silvermedal in the Pyongyang Open.

After that, she doesn't played very often in events.

Results from the ITTF-database

Association	Competition	Year	City	Country	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Team	U-21
PRK	Asian Championships	2015	Pattaya	THA	last 16	Quarterfinals
PRK	Asian Championships	2011	Macau	MAC	last 16
PRK	Asian Cup	2014	Wuhan	CHN	4th place
PRK	Asian Games	2014	Incheon	KOR	last 16			Semifinals
PRK	Ostasiangames	2013	Tianjin	CHN	Semifinals
PRK	Olympic Games	2016	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 16			Quarterfinals
PRK	Olympic Games	2012	London	ENG	last 48			Quarterfinals
PRK	ITTF World Tour	2016	Pyongyang	PRK	Silver	Gold
PRK	ITTF World Tour	2015	Chengdu	CHN	last 32	Semifinals
PRK	ITTF World Tour	2015	Pyongyang	PRK	Semifinals	Gold
PRK	ITTF World Tour	2012	Shanghai	CHN	last 64				Gold
PRK	World Championships	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAC				Semifinals
PRK	World Championships	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 32	last 32
PRK	World Championships	2014	Tokio	JPN				Quarterfinals
PRK	World Championships	2013	Paris	FRA	Quarterfinals
PRK	World Team Cup	2015	Dubai	ARA				Semifinals