Park Kil-chul

Park Kil-chul (born 19 April 1963) is a South Korean sailor. He competed in the Finn event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]

This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.
Park Kil-chul
Personal information
NationalitySouth Korean
Born (1963-04-19) 19 April 1963
Sports career
Sailing career
Club
  • Yeosu City Hall
  • Yeocheon City Hall
College teamYeosu National Fisheries University
Korean name
Hangul
박길철
Hanja
朴吉哲
Revised RomanizationBak Gilcheol
McCune–ReischauerPak Kilchŏl

Born in Yeocheon City, Park began learning to sail in 1982 at Manseong-ri Beach.[2] Park attended Daejeon Gubong High School and Yeosu National Fisheries University (now the Chonnam National University College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences). In domestic competition, he represented Yeosu City and later Yeocheon City. He won a gold medal for South Korea at the 1986 Asian Games.[3][4] In later years he served variously as the head coach of the Yeosu City Hall sailing team, a vice-president of the Korea Sailing Federation, and a member of the board of directors of the Jeonnam Sailing Federation.[2]

References
  1. Park Kil-chul at Olympedia
  2. 첫 AG 금메달리스트 박길철의 '초창기 한국요트 이야기' [First Asian Games gold medalist Park Kil-chul's 'stories of the infancy of yachting in South Korea']. Naver Sports. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. 요트레이저급 朴길철 逆風에 강하고 先進기술익혀 [Laser-class yachting: Park Kil-chul learns the technique of advancing against strong headwinds]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 30 September 1986. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Naver News Library.
  4. 노장朴吉哲 정상 복귀 제13회 봄철요트 대회 [Veteran Park Kil-chul takes back the lead at 13th Spring Yacht Championships]. Maeil Business Newspaper. 3 April 1991. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Naver News Library.
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