Song was born in Seoul and competed for South Korea in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. In the bantamweight boxing event, he captured the silver medal. His silver medal was South Korea's first silver medal at the Olympic Games.
Song participated in the Olympics one more time in 1960, moving up in weight to featherweight, but was eliminated in the second round by eventual gold medalist Francesco Musso of Italy.
1956 Olympic resultsedit
Below are the bouts of Song Soon-Chun, who competed for South Korea as a bantamweight in the 1956 Olympic boxing tournament in Melbourne, Australia:
1st Round: defeated Alberto Adela (Philippines) on points
Round of 16: defeated Robert Bath (Australia) on points
Quarterfinal: defeated Carmelo Tomaselli (Argentina) on points
Semifinal: defeated Claudio Barrientos (Chile) on points
Final: lost to Wolfgang Behrendt (Germany) on points; was awarded silver medal
Post competitive sports careeredit
After receiving his PhD, Song served as a full professor at Yong-In University for 22 years. He was the leader of the Korean Olympian Association, which consisted of the corps of South Korea's Olympic medalists.
song, soon, chun, this, korean, name, family, name, song, song, soon, chun, hangul, 송순천, hanja, 宋順天, january, 1934, october, 2019, south, korean, amateur, boxer, silver, medal, 1956, summer, olympics, melbourne, australia, born, 1934, january, 1934keijo, japan. In this Korean name the family name is Song Song Soon Chun Hangul 송순천 Hanja 宋順天 15 January 1934 15 October 2019 1 was a South Korean amateur boxer who won a silver medal at 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Australia Song Soon chunBorn 1934 01 15 15 January 1934Keijo Japanese Korea now Seoul South Korea Died15 October 2019 2019 10 15 aged 85 NationalitySouth KoreanOccupationBoxerSong Soon chun Medal recordMen s BoxingRepresenting South KoreaOlympic Games1956 Melbourne BantamweightAsian GamesTokyo 1958 Featherweight Contents 1 Career 1 1 1956 Olympic results 1 2 Post competitive sports career 2 Results 3 References 4 External linksCareer editSong was born in Seoul and competed for South Korea in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne Australia In the bantamweight boxing event he captured the silver medal His silver medal was South Korea s first silver medal at the Olympic Games Song participated in the Olympics one more time in 1960 moving up in weight to featherweight but was eliminated in the second round by eventual gold medalist Francesco Musso of Italy 1956 Olympic results edit Below are the bouts of Song Soon Chun who competed for South Korea as a bantamweight in the 1956 Olympic boxing tournament in Melbourne Australia 1st Round defeated Alberto Adela Philippines on points Round of 16 defeated Robert Bath Australia on points Quarterfinal defeated Carmelo Tomaselli Argentina on points Semifinal defeated Claudio Barrientos Chile on points Final lost to Wolfgang Behrendt Germany on points was awarded silver medalPost competitive sports career edit After receiving his PhD Song served as a full professor at Yong In University for 22 years He was the leader of the Korean Olympian Association which consisted of the corps of South Korea s Olympic medalists Results edit1956 Olympic GamesEvent Round Result Opponent ScoreBantamweight First Win nbsp Alberto Adela ptsSecond Win nbsp Robert Bath ptsQuarterfinal Win nbsp Carmelo Tomaselli ptsSemifinal Win nbsp Claudio Barrientos ptsFinal Loss nbsp Wolfgang Behrendt 2 31960 Olympic GamesEvent Round Result Opponent ScoreFeatherweight First Win nbsp Joseph Okezie 3 2Second Loss nbsp Francesco Musso 0 5References edit 1 in Korean External links editSports reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Song Soon chun amp oldid 1156524888, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
