Nam Sung-yong
Olympic athlete
1912 – 2001
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Who was Nam Sung-yong?
Nam Sung-Yong was the bronze winner of the Marathon of the 1936 Summer Olympics, completing the run in 2 hours, 31 minutes, and 42 seconds. He is also the first Korean bronze Olympian.
Nam 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.
After the Olympics, Nam Sung-Yong worked at the Korean Sporting Association with Sohn Kee-Chung.
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- Born
- Nov 23, 1912
- Ethnicity
- Korean people
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Died
- Feb 20, 2001
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on July 23, 2013
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