Son Seong-cheol

Son Seong-cheol
Personal information
Nationality  South Korea
Born (1987-02-14) 14 February 1987
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Diving
Event(s) 3 m, 3 m synchro
Partner Park Ji-Ho
This is a Korean name; the family name is Son.

Son Seong-cheol (Korean: 손 성철; born February 14, 1987) is a South Korean springboard diver.[1] He won a bronze medal, along with his partner Park Ji-Ho, for the men's synchronized springboard at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, accumulating a score of 388.26 points.[2][3]

Son represented South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed as the nation's lone diver for the men's springboard event. He placed last out of twenty-nine divers in the preliminary round by seven points behind Italy's Tommaso Marconi, with a total score of 353.35 after six successive attempts.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Son Seong-Cheol". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "China claims two more synchro diving golds". Xinhua News Agency. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Malaysian divers win two silver medals". The Nation Headlines. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Men's 3m Springboard Preliminary". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 January 2013.


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