Son Kee-chung

E287082
Olympic athlete Olympic gold medalist human marathon runner

Son Kee-chung was a Korean marathon runner who won the gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics while competing under the Japanese name Son Kitei during Japan’s colonial rule over Korea.

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Label Occurrences
Son Kee-chung canonical 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic athlete ⓘ
Olympic gold medalist ⓘ
human ⓘ
marathon runner ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Son Ki-jung ⓘ
burialPlace Seoul ⓘ
coached Korean long-distance runners ⓘ
commemoratedBy Son Kee Chung Memorial Park ⓘ
statues and monuments in South Korea ⓘ
competedFor Japan ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Korea ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1912-08-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2002-11-15 ⓘ
disciplineOfMedal marathon ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Korean Chinese ⓘ
surface form: Korean
event marathon ⓘ
featuredIn Korean history textbooks ⓘ
forcedNationalityDuringCompetition Japanese ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
honor Olympic Order ⓘ
recognized as national hero in South Korea ⓘ
JapaneseName Son Kitei ⓘ
language Korean ⓘ
laterOccupation athletics coach ⓘ
legacy symbol of Korean resistance to Japanese rule ⓘ
locationOfNotableEvent Berlin ⓘ
medal gold medal ⓘ
name Son Kee-chung self-link ⓘ
nationalityAtBirth Korean ⓘ
notableEvent 1936 Summer Olympics ⓘ
OlympicGames 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
OlympicHostCity Berlin ⓘ
OlympicHostCountry Germany ⓘ
placeOfBirth Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ
North Pyongan Province ⓘ
Sinuiju, Korea ⓘ
surface form: Sinuiju
placeOfDeath Seoul ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
politicalContext Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ
surface form: Japanese occupation of Korea
protestAction bowed his head during medal ceremony ⓘ
signed his name as Korean rather than Japanese ⓘ
reasonForCompetingForJapan Japanese colonial rule over Korea ⓘ
romanization Son Gi-jeong ⓘ
setOlympicRecord marathon ⓘ
sport athletics ⓘ
yearOfMedal 1936 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Son Kitei (Son Kee-chung) → alsoKnownAs → Son Kee-chung ⓘ
subject surface form: Son Kitei
孫基禎 → romanizedName → Son Kee-chung ⓘ
Son Kee-chung → name → Son Kee-chung self-link ⓘ