Song Soon-chun

Song Soon-chun

Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
	1956 Melbourne	Bantamweight
Asian Games
	Tokyo 1958	Featherweight

Song Soon-Chun (Hangul: 송순천, Hanja: 宋順天) (15 January 1934 – 15 October 2019)^[1] was a South Korean amateur boxer who won an silver medal at 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

Career[]

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 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 competitive sports career[]

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[]

1956 Olympic Games
Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Bantamweight	First	Win	Alberto Adela	pts
	Second	Win	Robert Bath	pts
	Quarterfinal	Win	Carmelo Tomaselli	pts
	Semifinal	Win	Claudio Barrientos	pts
	Final	Loss	Wolfgang Behrendt	2-3

1960 Olympic Games
Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Featherweight	First	Win	Joseph Okezie	3-2
	Second	Loss	Francesco Musso	0-5

References[]

External links[]

• Sports-reference