In this Korean name, the family name is Park.
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| Nationality | South Korean | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1963-04-19) 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 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Born in Yeocheon City, Park began learning to sail in 1982 at Manseong-ri Beach. 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. 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.
References
- "Park Gil-Cheol". Olympedia.
Original name: 박길철, Other names: Park Kil-Chul
- ^ 첫 AG 금메달리스트 박길철의 '초창기 한국요트 이야기' [First Asian Games gold medalist Park Kil-chul's 'stories of the infancy of yachting in South Korea']. Naver Sports. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- 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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- Sailors at the 1990 Asian Games
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