Sohn Kee-chung
Sohn Kee-chung (Korean: 손기정; Korean pronunciation: [son.kidʑʌŋ]; August 29, 1912 – November 15, 2002) was an Olympic athlete and long-distance runner. He became the first ethnic Korean to win a medal at the Olympic Games, winning gold in the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He was born in the Korean Peninsula, but he competed as a member of the Japanese delegation because Korea was under Japanese occupation at the time. Sohn set an Olympic record of 2 hours 29 minutes 19.2 seconds.
Sohn in 1936 | ||||||||||||
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| Native name | 孫基禎 > 손기정 | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Japan(1912~1945) > South Korea(1945~2002) | |||||||||||
| Born | August 29, 1912 Shingishu, North Heian, Japanese Korea (current-day Sinuiju, North Korea) | |||||||||||
| Died | November 15, 2002 (aged 90) Seoul, South Korea | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Hangul | 손기정 | |||||||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Son Gijeong | |||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Son Kijŏng | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Now coaching | Ham Kee-Yong, Suh Yun-Bok | |||||||||||
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Medal record
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Sohn competed under the Japanese name Kitei Son, as Korea was under occupancy rule of the Japanese Empire during his career.
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