Ri Se-gwang

Ri Se-gwang
— Gymnast —
Full name	Ri Se-gwang
Country represented	North Korea
Born	(1985-01-21) January 21, 1985 South Hamgyong
Hometown	Pyongyang
Height	153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior
Club	4.21 sports club
Medal record Competitor for  North Korea World Championships Gold 2014 Nanning Vault Bronze 2007 Stuttgart Vault Asian Games Gold 2006 Doha Vault Summer Universiade Silver 2009 Belgrade Floor Bronze 2009 Belgrade Rings Asian Gymnastics Championships Gold 2012 Putian Vault Gold 2012 Putian Rings Bronze 2012 Putian Team

Ri Se-gwang (born January 21, 1985 in the South Hamgyong Province) is a North Korean artistic gymnast. He won a bronze medal on vault at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He was the first North Korean ever to win a gold medal on vault at the Asian Games, where he performed solidly at the 2006 Asian Games was the first one for North Korea on that apparatus.^[1]

In 2009, he successfully performed an extremely difficult new vault, a Tsukahara (1/4 entry in the first flight) on the vaulting table, followed by a full twisting double backwards salto in tuck position.^[2] The new vault is named after Ri. The vault is valued a 7.2 A-score, the second highest difficulty value in the world, with Hak Seon Yang's vault being the most difficult with a start value of 7.4.

Ri competed in the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and qualified first for the vault final. He finished 7th in the final after a fall on his first vault and going out of bounds on his second vault, with an average score of 15.650.

References

External links

• Ri Se Gwang at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique