Yushoku Cho, as Korean name Jang U-sik (張祐植, 장우식, 18 January 1914 ~ 1971) was a Korean

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

. He competed in two events at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

. He competed at the Japan Ice Championship on January 25, 1935, when he was attending Meiji University in Japan, Japan, and finished second with 10,000m at 19 minutes, 6 and 4th with 5,000 meters at 9:16. 5. He was selected as the Olympic by-election with Kunio Nado and Daikichi Nakamura. Afterwards, he participated in the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympics, finishing 27th in men's speed skating 5000m and 26th in 10000m, but his personal record was broken. Post-Olympic deeds are not well known and the exact time of death is also unclear. According to Korean data, year

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

was known as his last year, Marathon Athlete

Sohn Kee-Chung Sohn Kee-chung ( ko, 손기정, ; ; August 29, 1912 – November 15, 2002) was an Olympic athlete and long-distance runner. He became the first ethnic Korean to win a medal at the Olympic Games, winning gold in the marathon at the 1936 Berlin ...

also said in an interview with

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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

, "He has already passed away, and his life is futile." However, according to Japanese data, it was confirmed that he was living in

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in Japan in 1988, and the reporter asked for an interview, but refused because he was 'too busy'.鎌田忠良『日章旗とマラソン』講談社《講談社文庫》、1988年、p452

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1914 births Year of death missing Japanese male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Japan Speed skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics People from Sinuiju 20th-century Japanese people Japanese people of North Korean descent {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub