| Ri Chol-guk | |
| Birth Date: | 25 December 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Weight: | 590NaN0 |
| Playingstyle: | Right-handed, penhold |
| Equipment: | Butterfly |
| Club: | Kigwancha Sports Club |
| Hrank: | 82 (March 2012) |
| Crank: | 86 (May 2012) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
| Hangul: | 철국 |
| Rr: | Lee Cheol-guk |
| Mr: | Ri Chol-guk |
| Context: | north |
Ri Chol-guk (Korean: 이철국; born December 25, 1985, in Pyongyang) is a North Korean table tennis player.[1] As of May 2012, Ri is ranked no. 86 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] Ri is a member of the table tennis team for Kigwancha Sports Club, and is coached and trained by Kim Jin Myong.[3] He is also right-handed, and uses the penhold grip.[3]
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.[4] [5] 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.[6] [7]