Ham Kee-yong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ham Kee-yong

South Korean long-distance runner

Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1930

Place of Birth: Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, South Korea

Profession: businessperson, athletics competitor

Nationality: South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ham Kee-yong (born November 14, 1930) is a former South Korean marathoner, best known as the winner of the 1950 Boston Marathon. On April 19, 1950, he won the Boston Marathon with a record time of 2:32:39, under coach Sohn Kee-chung, the marathon winner at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
The second and third-place finishers that year, Song Gil-yun (???, ???; ????) and Choe Yun-chil (???, ???; ????) were also South Koreans.
A South Korean male would not win the Boston Marathon again until 2001.The Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950, so a planned victory celebration did not take place that year.
On April 18, 2004, his feat was finally celebrated in his hometown, Chuncheon, with Ham in attendance.