Yeom Eun-Hyun

Biographical information

RolesNon-starter
SexMale
Full nameYeom•Eun-Hyun
Used nameYeom•Eun-Hyun
Name orderOriental
Original name염•은현
Other namesIngen Ren, 廉 殷鉉
Born22 February 1914
AffiliationsYonhi College, Seoul (KOR)
NOC Japan
Nationality Republic of Korea

Biography

Yeom Eun-Hyun was the center of the successful basketball team of Yonhi College (later Yonsei University) that won the 1936 Japan Basketball Championship. He was one of three Korean players selected for the Japanese team at the 1936 Olympics. Immediately after World War II, Yeom was appointed professor for Western History at Yonsei University. Since 1957 he held the same position at the prestigious Sungkyunkwan University.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal Nationality As
1936 Summer Olympics Basketball (Basketball) JPN KOR Yeom Eun-Hyun
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Japan DNS