Park Kil-chul
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| Nationality | South Korean | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1963年04月19日) 19 April 1963 (age 61) Yeocheon City, South Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||
| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 박길철 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 朴吉哲 | |||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Bak Gilcheol | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Kilchŏl | |||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | ||||||||||||||||
| Class(es) | Laser, Finn | |||||||||||||||
| College team | Yeosu National Fisheries University | |||||||||||||||
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Park Kil-chul (Korean: 박길철, also known as Park Gil-cheol, born 19 April 1963) is a South Korean sailor. He competed in the Finn event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
Born in Yeocheon City, Park began learning to sail in 1982 at Manseong-ri Beach.[2] Park attended Daejeon Gubong High School [ko] and Yeosu National Fisheries University [ko] (now the Chonnam National University College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences). In domestic competition, he represented Yeosu City and later Yeocheon City. He won a gold medal for South Korea at the 1986 Asian Games.[3] [4] In later years he served variously as the head coach of the Yeosu City Hall sailing team, a vice-president of the Korea Sailing Federation, and a member of the board of directors of the Jeonnam Sailing Federation.[2]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Park Gil-Cheol". Olympedia.
Original name: 박길철, Other names: Park Kil-Chul
- ^ 요트레이저급 朴길철 逆風에 강하고 先進기술익혀 [Laser-class yachting: Park Kil-chul learns the technique of advancing against strong headwinds]. Kyunghyang Shinmun . 30 September 1986. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Naver News Library.
- ^ 노장朴吉哲 정상 복귀 제13회 봄철요트 대회 [Veteran Park Kil-chul takes back the lead at 13th Spring Yacht Championships]. Maeil Business Newspaper . 3 April 1991. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Naver News Library.
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