Nam Sung-yong
 Nam Sung-yong at the 1936 Olympics | ||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality |
 South Korea | |||||||||
| Born | November 23, 1912 | |||||||||
| Died | February 20, 2001 (aged 88) | |||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
| Nam Sung-yong | |
| Hangul | 남승룡 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 南昇龍 |
| Revised Romanization | Nam Seungryong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Nam Sŭngnyong |
Nam Sung-yong (November 23, 1912 – February 20, 2001) was a Korean Olympian who won a bronze medal in the marathon at the 1936 Summer Olympics, completing the run in 2 hours, 31 minutes, and 42 seconds. He was born in Junten (Suncheon), Japanese Korea and received higher education in Japan. Like the gold medalist Sohn Kee-chung, Nam Sung-yong used the Japanese pronunciation of his name, Nan Shōryū as Korea was then a part of the Japanese Empire.[1]
After the Olympics, Nam Sung-yong worked at the Korean Sporting Association with Sohn Kee-chung.
References
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nam Sung-yong. |
- ↑ Shoryu Nan. sports-reference.com
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 01, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.