Sohn Kee-Chung (Korean: 손기정)(August 29, 1914 – November 15, 2002) became the first medal-winning Korean Olympian, when he won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a member of the Japanese delegation.
He competed under the Japanese name Son Kitei, because Korea was part of the Japanese Empire. The name is based on the Japanese Kanji pronunciation of his Korean name.
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