# Sohn Kee-chung

> 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.

*South Korean marathon runner (1912–2002)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** South Korea
- **Born:** 1912-08-29
- **Died:** 2002-11-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.7 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 21.2 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://id.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sohn_Kee-chung)
- [Son Kitei](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Kitei)
- [سوهن كى تشونج](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%87%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC)
- [Sohn Mi-Chung](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohn_Mi-Chung)
- [Son Ki-džong](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Ki-d%C5%BEong)
- [Sohn Kee-chung](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohn_Kee-chung)
- [Σον Κη-Τσονκ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%9A%CE%B7-%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%BA)
- [Sohn Kee-chung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohn_Kee-chung)
- [Son Ki Ĉung](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Ki_%C4%88ung)
- [Sohn Kee-chung](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohn_Kee-chung)
- [Sohn Kee-chung](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohn_Kee-chung)
- [سون کی-چانگ](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A9%DB%8C-%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF)
- [Sohn Kee-chung](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohn_Kee-chung)
- [Son Ki-Jeong](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Ki-Jeong)
- [Sohn Kee-chung](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohn_Kee-chung)
- [Szon Gidzsong](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szon_Gidzsong)
- [Sohn Kee-chung](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohn_Kee-chung)
- [Sohn Kee-chung](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohn_Kee-chung)
- [孫基禎](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%AB%E5%9F%BA%E7%A6%8E)
- [손기정](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%86%90%EA%B8%B0%EC%A0%95)
- [Sohn Kee-chung](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohn_Kee-chung)
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- [Сон Ки Джон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Son Ki-čung](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Ki-%C4%8Dung)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133667)

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