Hong Suk-Man () is a

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from

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

competing mainly in category T53 sprint events. He competed in the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

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. There he won a gold medal in the men's 100 metres - T53 event, a gold medal in the men's 200 metres - T53 event, a silver medal in the men's 400 metres - T53 event and was disqualified in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay - T53-54 event. He also competed at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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. There he won a gold medal in the men's 400 metres - T53 event, a bronze medal in the men's 200 metres - T53 event, a bronze medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay - T53-54 event and a bronze medal in the men's 800 metres - T53 event

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* Paralympic athletes for South Korea South Korean wheelchair racers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for South Korea Paralympic silver medalists for South Korea Paralympic bronze medalists for South Korea Living people Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Year of birth missing (living people) Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships {{SouthKorea-Paralympic-medalist-stub