Park Seong-tae
Zainichi Korean sport shooter (born 1927)
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Park Seong-tae (born 10 July 1927) is a South Korean former sports shooter. He competed in the skeet event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 July 1927 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 박성태 |
| Hanja | 朴性台 |
| RR | Bak Seongtae |
| MR | Pak Sŏngt'ae |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sports shooting |
Park was a Korean resident of Japan. He had previously tried out for the South Korean Olympic team in 1964 and 1968.[2][3] During the South Korean qualifiers at Taereung for the 1969 World Shotgun Championships, he set a new national record in skeet shooting with a score of 197.[4] He was later active in the Athletics Club of Mindan (an organisation for Koreans in Japan), and in 1993 was one of ten club members to receive a prize for his work from South Korea's Sport & Olympic Committee.[5]
