Nam Sung-yong
Appearance
![]() Nam Sung-yong at the 1936 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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Nationality | ![]() | |||||||||||
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
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Nam Sung-yong | |
Hangul | 남승룡 |
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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.[2]
References
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- ^ Shoryu Nan. sports-reference.com
- ^ Hwang, Kyung Moon (October 4, 2016). A history of Korea : an episodic narrative (2nd ed.). London. ISBN 9781137573568. OCLC 963173954.
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Categories:
- 1912 births
- 2001 deaths
- People from Suncheon
- Korean male long-distance runners
- South Korean male long-distance runners
- Korean male marathon runners
- South Korean male marathon runners
- Japanese male long-distance runners
- Japanese male marathon runners
- Olympic athletes of Japan
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- South Korean athletics biography stubs