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Park Seong-tae

Park Seong-tae

Zainichi Korean sport shooter (born 1927)

Park Seong-tae (born 10 July 1927) is a South Korean former sports shooter. He competed in the skeet event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]

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Park was a Korean resident of Japan. He had previously tried out for the South Korean Olympic team in 1964 and 1968.[2][3] During the South Korean qualifiers at Taereung for the 1969 World Shotgun Championships, he set a new national record in skeet shooting with a score of 197.[4] He was later active in the Athletics Club of Mindan (an organisation for Koreans in Japan), and in 1993 was one of ten club members to receive a prize for his work from South Korea's Sport & Olympic Committee.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Park Seong-tae". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  2. [2]
    "僑胞「트랩」選手團20日空路入京" [Overseas compatriots' trap team cleared road to Tokyo on 20th]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 22 May 1964. p. 4. Retrieved 22 January 2018 – via Naver News.
  3. [3]
    "메달 노리는 얼굴들" [The faces of the aspiring medalists]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 15 July 1968. p. 7. Retrieved 22 January 2018 – via Naver News.
  4. [4]
    "교포朴性台韓國新 클레이射擊스키트" [New South Korean record by overseas compatriot Park Seong-tae in clay skeet shooting]. The Dong-A Ilbo. 18 August 1969. p. 4. Retrieved 22 January 2018 – via Naver News.
  5. [5]
    "沿革" [History] (in Japanese). Mindan. Retrieved 22 January 2018.


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