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Sohn Kee-chung (Korean: 손기정; Korean pronunciation: [son.kidʑʌŋ]; August 29, 1912 – November 15, 2002) was an Olympic athlete and long-distance runner....

Sohn Kee-chung Park (Korean: 손기정공원; Hanja: 孫基禎公園) is a public park in Malli-dong, Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. It is named for Sohn Kee-chung, the...

be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: Sohn Kee-chung (1914–2002), Korean Olympic marathon runner of the Japanese colonial...

gift from German leader Adolf Hitler, which is now in Sohn Kee-chung Park in Seoul. However, Sohn begrudgingly competed as an athlete of the Empire of...

Results". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-01-31. Both Sohn Kee-chung and Nam Sung-yong were from Korea. The IOC attributes both medals to...

athletes to win medals did so at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, when Sohn Kee-chung and Nam Sung-yong won gold and bronze respectively in the men's marathon...

526 kilometres (2,812 mi) and involved over 1,856 torchbearers. Sohn Kee-chung, Chung Sun-man and Kim Won-tak lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony...

W. Lee Ilchi Lee Kevin O'Donnell Younghi Pagh-Paan (2007) Park Mok-wol (1972) Sohn Kee-chung Jarl Wahlström (1983) Awards and Decorations Act. Korea Legislation...

originated from the Miryang Park clan. As of 2000, there were 415,182 people by this surname in South Korea. Sohn Kee-chung (1912–2002), South Korean athlete...

father, Park Chung Hee, was president from 1963 to 1979, serving five consecutive terms after he seized power in 1961. Before her presidency, Park was leader...

former baseball pitcher with the most MVP in Korea baseball history Sohn Kee-Chung: The first medal-winning Korean Olympian. 1936 Berlin Olympics marathon...

cauldron where the Olympic Flame was to be lit. When Olympic Torch bearer Sohn Kee-chung approached and lit the flame, some of the doves did not leave and were...

in a bomb attack by a Korean freedom fighter, and a Korean runner, Sohn Kee-chung (Yoon Hee-won), then wins a marathon race against Japanese competitors...

Olympics) Rose Park Waterside Stage Music Fountain Built between December 31, 1986, and August 31, 1988, it was designed by the architect Kim Chung-up to celebrate...

September 27, 2023, coinciding with Korea's Chuseok holiday. Ha Jung-woo as Sohn Kee-chung Im Si-wan as Suh Yun-bok Bae Seong-woo as Nam Sung-yong Kim Sang-ho...

the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. The winner was the Korean runner Sohn Kee-chung. The helmet is now displayed at the National Museum of Korea and is...

resulted in a suspension until September. Ethnic Korean marathoner Sohn Kee-chung became the first Korean to win a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics...

Kazakhstan, with his body repatriated to his homeland 78 years later Sohn Kee-chung (1912–2002), first Korean to win a medal at the Olympic Games Hwang...

top of Mt. Namsan. The mountain and its surrounding area is Namsan Park, a public park maintained by the city government, which has panoramic views of Seoul...

by the Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS) Johnny Hayes Sohn Kee-chung Robert de Castella Khalid Khannouchi Kelvin Kiptum Haile Gebrselassie...