Taika Gon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Taika Gon

Japanese athletics competitor (1906-1971)

Date of Birth: 02-Jun-1906

Place of Birth: Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea

Date of Death: 10-Oct-1971

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Taika Gon (? ??, originally Tae-ha Kwon, ? ??, June 2, 1906 – October 10, 1971) was a Korean long-distance runner.
He competed in the marathon at the 1932 Olympics and finished in ninth place.
He competed for Japan under his Japanese name as Korea was part of the Japanese Empire at the time.
The name is based on the Japanese kanji pronunciation of his Korean hanja name.