Song Soon-chun
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Boxing | ||
Representing  | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1956 Melbourne | Bantamweight |
| Asian Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | Tokyo 1958 | Featherweight |
Song Soon-Chun (Hangul: 송순천, Hanja: 宋順天) (born 15 January 1934 in Seoul, South Korea) is a former amateur boxer from South Korea.
Career
Song 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
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 career
After receiving his PhD, Song served as a full professor at Yong-In University for 22 years. He is currently the leader of the Korean Olympian Association, which was made up of the South Korean Olympic medalists.
Results
| 1956 Olympic Games | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
| Bantamweight | First | Win |  |
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| Second | Win |  |
pts | |
| Quarterfinal | Win |  |
pts | |
| Semifinal | Win |  |
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| Final | Loss | .svg.png){kind=small} |
2-3 | |
| 1960 Olympic Games | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
| Featherweight | First | Win |  |
3-2 |
| Second | Loss |  |
0-5 | |
References