He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich,[1] the country's first ever Olympic gold medal.

[2] In August 1972 he was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR.

[1] Ri also taught shooting sports to North Korea's future leader, Kim Jong-il.

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