Sohn Kee-chung
(1914-2002)
Korean marathon runner
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Sohn Kee-chung (Korean: 손기정; August 29, 1912 – November 15, 2002), a Japanese citizen by birth of the ethnic Korean extraction, was an Olympic athlete and long-distance runner. He became the first Japanese-Korean to win a medal at the Olympic Games, winning gold in the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a member of the Japanese delegation.
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29 August 1914 Sinuiju, North Korea
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15 November 2002 (aged 88) Seoul, South Korea
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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