Park Kil-chul
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| Nationality | South Korean | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1963 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 and Yeosu National Fisheries University (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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- South Korean male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors for South Korea
- Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Finn
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games medalists in sailing
- Sailors at the 1986 Asian Games
- Sailors at the 1990 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
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