Hwang Young-cho
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Hwang Young-cho is a former South Korean athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1994 Asian Games.
Hwang Young Jo from acrofan
Monument to Hwang Young-cho located in front of the Barcelona Olympic Stadium, installed in 2001
Sohn Kee-chung
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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 b
Hwang Young-cho
…medal to commemorate his victory in the 1992 Olympic marathon event. Hwang is one of two Koreans to have won the Olympic marathon. The other winner was Sohn Kee-chung. Hwang's contemporary, Lee Bong-Ju won the silver medal in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, and Nam Sung-yong won the bronze…
Sohn in 1936
Sohn upon winning the gold in the 1936 Olympics
The Corinthian helmet that was awarded to Sohn Kee-chung, now on display at the National Museum of Korea