 Tom in 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | November 8, 1920 Canton, Guangdong, Republic of China[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | February 20, 2007 (aged 86) Aina Haina, Hawaii, U.S.[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nuuanu Young Men's Christian Association[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Richard Wah Sung Tom (November 8, 1920 – February 20, 2007) was a Chinese American bantamweight weightlifter. He won a silver medal at the 1947 World Championships and a bronze at the 1948 Olympics.[2] In 1952 he won his only national AAU title and later served as a weightlifting official. Tom was a World War II veteran. He was born in China, but his family moved to Hawaii when he was a boy.[3] He was the first Chinese-American to compete for the United States at the Olympics.[1]
