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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