Hong Sung-chon

{{short description|Filipino Taekwondo master (b. 1945)}} {{Infobox martial artist | name = Hong Sung-chon | image =File:SUNG-CHON HONG.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Hong Sung-chon | other_names = | nationality = Korean | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|5|3}} | birth_place = | fighting_out_of = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | style = Taekwondo{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} | stance = | team = | trainer = | rank = {{Color box|black|border=darkgray}} 9th degree black belt in Taekwondo{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} | other = | occupation = Instructor | spouse = | children = | relatives = | students = | university = | url = | boxrec = | sherdog = }}  Grand Master '''Hong Sung-chon''' (born May 3, 1945)<ref>[https://www.olympic.org/sung-chon-hong Born on 03 MAY 1945]</ref> is an early proponent of Taekwondo in the Philippines. In 1975, Grand Master Hong came to the Philippines to promote Taekwondo, eventually establishing the Philippine Taekwondo Association (PTA).<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.wtu.kr/1475|title= President Sung-Chon Hong|newspaper= World Taekwondo United News}}</ref> He is Kukkiwon's chairman of the board and directors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kukkiwon.or.kr/front/pageView.action?cmd=/eng/introduce/greeting|title=The Chairman of the Board|website=www.kukkiwon.or.kr|access-date=7 February 2018|archive-date=8 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208123732/http://www.kukkiwon.or.kr/front/pageView.action?cmd=%2Feng%2Fintroduce%2Fgreeting|url-status=live}}</ref> He is the vice-president of the Philippine Taekwondo Association.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://philippinetaekwondo.org/about-us/|title= About Philippine Taekwondo|newspaper= Philippine Taekwondo Association}}</ref>

== See also == * List of taekwondo grandmasters

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Category:Taekwondo in the Philippines Category:South Korean expatriates in the Philippines Category:Living people Category:South Korean male taekwondo practitioners Category:1945 births Category:20th-century South Korean sportsmen