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South Korean long-distance runner (1928?2020)
Choi Yun-chil
(19 July 1928 – 8 October 2020) was a South Korean
long-distance runner
who was a two-time
Olympian
[2]
and a two-time national champion in the
marathon
.
[3]
Career
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Choi led the marathon at the
1948 Summer Olympics
in
London
before dropping out with less than 5 kilometers left in the race.
[4]
He finished third in the 1950
Boston Marathon
,
[5]
[6]
but the
Boston Athletic Association
denied his entry into the following year's event.
[7]
During the height of the
Korean War
, BAA President
Walter A. Brown
stated: "While American soldiers are fighting and dying in Korea, every Korean should be fighting to protect his country instead of training for marathons. As long as the war continues there, we positively will not accept Korean entries for our race on April 19."
[7]
In 1952, Choi finished fourth in the
Olympic marathon at Helsinki
.
[8]
References
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- ^
Choi Yun-chil's obituary
(in Korean)
- ^
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill
; et al.
"Choi Yun-Chil"
.
Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
.
Sports Reference LLC
. Archived from
the original
on 2020-04-17.
- ^
"Untitled"
.
- ^
Martin, David E.; Roger W. H. Gynn (May 2000).
The Olympic Marathon
. Human Kinetics Publishers. p.
188
.
ISBN
978-0-88011-969-6
.
- ^
"Untitled"
.
- ^
Sport: Koreans in a Hurry.
Time
, May 1, 1950.
- ^
a
b
Sport: Banned in Boston.
Time
, February 12, 1951.
- ^
Martin, David E.; Roger W. H. Gynn (May 2000).
The Olympic Marathon
. Human Kinetics Publishers. pp.
205
?207.
ISBN
978-0-88011-969-6
.