Kee-chung Sohn

Kee-chung Sohn. Self: Hand in Hand. Champion long distance runner Kee-chung Sohn was born into poverty on August 29, 1912 in Sinuiju, North Pyongan, Japanese Korea. Sohn studied at Yangjeong High School in Seoul, South Korea and attended Meiji University in Tokyo, Japan (he graduated from said university in 1940). Kee-chung's athletic career took off after he won an 8-mile race in October, 1933; he went on to run in...