Sohn Kee-chung
Athletics (sport) competitor
Died when: 88 years 78 days (1058 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Sohn Kee-chung (Korean: 손기정, Sohn Kee-chung;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 a Korean national, but he had to compete as a member of the Japanese delegation because Korea was under Japanese colonization at the time.
Sohn set an Olympic record of 2 hours 29 minutes 19.2 seconds.Sohn competed under the Japanese name Kitei Son, as Korea was under the colonial rule of the Japanese Empire during his career.
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