Taika Gon (権泰夏, originally Tae-ha Kwon, 권 태하, 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

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was part of the

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at the time. The name is based on the Japanese

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pronunciation of his Korean

hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...

name.

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1906 births 1971 deaths Japanese male long-distance runners Korean male long-distance runners Japanese male marathon runners Korean male marathon runners Olympic male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub