1912
Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (died 2002)
Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (died 2002)
Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (died 2002)
Sohn Kee-chung
Korean marathon runner (1912–2002)
- Born
- 1912
Sohn Kee-chung was a Korean Olympic athlete and long-distance runner. He became the first 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 was forced to compete as a member of the Japanese delegation because Korea was under Japanese rule at the time. Sohn set an Olympic record of 2 hours 29 minutes 19.2 seconds.