Facts: - sport: long-distance running - caption: taika -rrb- at the 1932 olympics gon shakes hands with paavo nurmi -lrb- right - height: 1.65 m ftin on - death date: october 10 , 1971 -lrb- aged 65 -rrb- - birth date: june 2 , 1906 - weight: 54 kg lb on - image size: 300px - image: onbai paavo nurmi 1932.jpg kin , taika gon , seiichiro tsuda , - birth place: cheongju , chungcheongbuk , south korea Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of taika gon .
taika gon -lrb- , originally tae-ha kwon , , june 2 , 1906 -- october 10 , 1971 -rrb- was a korean runner .he competed in the marathon at the 1932 olympics and finished in ninth place .he competed for japan under his japanese name as korea was part of the japanese empire at the time .the name is based on the japanese kanji pronunciation of his korean hanja name .