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) (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	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

• Sports-reference