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Olympic Games
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Paralympic Games
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Youth Olympic Games
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IAAF World Championships in Athletics
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FINA World Aquatics Championships
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ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup
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UCI Track Cycling World Cup
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World Rowing Championships
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Copa Libertadores
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Austrian Cup
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Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
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FIBA EuroBasket
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FIBA 3x3 World Championships
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La Liga
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National Basketball Association
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Samsung Securities Cup
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PGA Championship
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Samsung World Championship
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Asian Amateur Championship
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The Samsung Marathon of Tel Aviv- Israel
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Davao Pro-am Golf Tournament
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NASCAR
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Super Rugby
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KBO League
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Korea National League
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WK League
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Icheon D ...
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Women's Korean Basketball League
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Chinese Super League
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Italian Women's Volleyball League
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Samsung Cup World Go Championship
* Copa Samsung
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University Athletic Association of the Philippines
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Subroto Cup
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Samsung MOTG Freestyle World Championship
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World Match Racing Tour
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World Combat Games
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ASP World Tour
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Triple Crown of Surfing
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World Cyber Games
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Yuna Kim
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Kim Ja-in
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Chung Hyeon
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J ...
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David Beckham
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Lionel Messi
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Paulo Henrique Ganso
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Junior dos Santos
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LeBron James
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Manny Pacquiao
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David Ortiz
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Usain Bolt
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Maria Sharapova
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Ana Ivanovic
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Li Na
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James Magnussen
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Ahmed Kelly
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Taku Hiraoka
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He won silver in the halfpipe at the 2013 FIS Snowboarding World Championships. In the 2014 Winter Olympics, he won a bronze in the halfpipe.
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* Team Samsung (
2010 Winter Olympics
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2012 Summer Olympics
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2014 Asian Games
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** Team Samsung (2010 Vancouver):
Wayne Gretzky
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Jarome Iginla
Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla (; born July 1, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger (ice hockey), winger. He played over 1,500 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames, Pittsbu ...
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Hayley Wickenheiser
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** Team Samsung (2012 London):
Zara Phillips
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Phillips Idowu,
Victoria Pendleton
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Laura Trott,
Alex Partridge,
Jenna Randall,
Daniel Purvis
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Emily Pidgeon,
Keith Cook,
Jon Pollock,
Sally Brown
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David Beckham
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(Honorary ambassador)
** Team Samsung (2012 London):
Valentina Vezzali,
Rossano Galtarossa,
Sara Morganti,
Silvia Salis,
Clemente Russo,
Luca Dotto,
Stefano Tempesti,
Aldo Montano,
Tania Cagnotto,
Elisa Santoni
** Team Malaysia (2012 London):
Fatehah Mustapa,
Khairulnizam Afendy,
Azizulhasni Awang
Malay styles and titles#State titles, Dato' Muhammad Azizulhasni Awang (born 5 January 1988) is a Malaysians, Malaysian professional Track cycling, track cyclist based in Melbourne, Australia. Nicknamed "The Pocket Rocketman" due to his small ...
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Lee Chong Wei,
Pandelela Rinong,
Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi,
Cheng Chu Sian,
Yu Peng Kean
Yu Peng Kean (born 8 May 1991 in Malacca, Malaysia) is a retired Malaysian fencer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre, Men's sabre, but was defeated in the last 32 by Áron Szil� ...
** Team Samsung (2014 Incheon):
Park Tae-hwan,
Kim Nam-hun,
Kim Yong-woong,
Kong Tae-hyun,
Youm Eun-ho
** Team Samsung (2014 Incheon):
Ma Long
Ma Long ( zh, s=马龙, p=Mǎ Lóng; born 20 October 1988) is a Chinese professional table tennis player. He is a two-time Olympic champion, three-time World Champion, and three-time World Cup champion in men's singles. Widely regarded as the g ...
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Zhang Peimeng,
Xu Anqi
** Team Samsung (2014 Incheon):
Pornchai Kaokaew
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Wassana Winatho,
Nootsara Tomkom,
Chatchai Butdee
** Team Samsung (2014 Incheon):
Lee Chong Wei,
Pandelela Rinong
** Team Samsung (2014 Incheon):
Parupalli Kashyap,
P. V. Sindhu,
Deepika Kumari,
Gagan Narang,
Manavjit Singh Sandhu,
Malaika Goel,
Abhinav Bindra,
Babita Kumari,
Yogeshwar Dutt,
Vinesh Phogat
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Mary Kom
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Devendro Singh
** Team Samsung (2014 Incheon): Laith Al-Bashtawi,
Ihab Al-Matbouli,
Reham Abu Ghazaleh,
Yahya Abu Tabaikh,
Dana Haidar
* Samsung GALAXY Team (
2014 Winter Olympics
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2016 Summer Olympics
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2018 Winter Olympics
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** (2014 Sochi):
Evgeni Malkin
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Tatiana Borodulina,
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva,
Liudmila Privivkova,
Serafim Pikalov,
Evgeny Ustyugov,
Sergey Shilov,
Nikita Kriukov,
Maxim Trankov and
Tatiana Volosozhar /
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (, ; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 21 weeks. Sharapova won 36 WTA Tour-level sin ...
(Honorary ambassador)
** (2014 Sochi):
Magdalena Neuner
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Isabella Laböck,
Severin Freund,
Anna Schaffelhuber
** (2014 Sochi):
Eve Muirhead,
James Woods
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Billy Morgan,
Elise Christie,
Shelley Rudman,
Kelly Gallagher,
Charlotte Evans
** (2014 Sochi):
Armin Zöggeler,
Christof Innerhofer,
Arianna Fontana,
Omar Visintin,
Melania Corradini
** (2014 Sochi):
Alexis Pinturault,
Tessa Worley,
Vincent Gauthier-Manuel
** (2014 Sochi):
Ireen Wüst
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Bell Berghuis,
Bibian Mentel
** (2014 Sochi):
Hermann Maier,
Benjamin Maier,
Miriam Kastlunger,
Wolfgang Linger,
Andreas Linger,
Christina Ager,
Thomas Pöck,
Gregor Schlierenzauer,
Claudia Lösch,
Anna Fenninger
** (2014 Sochi):
Kai Mahler,
Fabian Bösch,
Giulia Tanno,
Patrick Burgener,
David Hablützel,
Fanny Smith
** (2014 Sochi):
Yosyf Penyak,
Andriy Deryzemlya,
Annamari Chundak
** (2014 Sochi):
Piotr Żyła
Piotr Paweł Żyła (Polish pronunciation: ; born 16 January 1987) is a Polish Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is a member of the national team and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021, 2021 ...
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Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś
Katarzyna Anna Bachleda-Curuś (née Wójcicka, born 1 January 1980) is a Polish speed skater, who was born in Sanok and resides in Zakopane.
Wójcicka is specialised in allround championships as she performs well on all distances, but almost ...
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Andrzej Szczęsny
** (2014 Sochi):
Henrik Lundqvist,
Anna Holmlund,
Victor Öhling Norberg,
Frida Hansdotter,
Helene Ripa
** (2014 Sochi):
Aksel Lund Svindal,
Bastian Juell,
Hedda Berntsen
Hedda Berntsen (born 24 April 1976) is a Norwegian sportsperson who has competed internationally in telemark skiing, alpine skiing, freestyle skiing and skicross. She is world champion in ''Telemark classic'' from 1997. She later concentrated on ...
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Mariann Marthinsen,
Ståle Sandbech
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** (2014 Sochi):
Petteri Nummelin,
Jouni Pellinen,
Andreas Romar,
Katja Saarinen
** (2014 Sochi):
Evan Strong
** (2014 Sochi):
Steven Stamkos,
Hayley Wickenheiser
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Greg Westlake,
Marie-Ève Drolet,
Michael Gilday
** (2014 Sochi):
Alex Pullin,
Scotty James
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Career
James's began riding at age three and his ...
,
Jessica Gallagher
** (2014 Sochi):
Lee Sang-hwa,
Lee Seung-hoon,
Mo Tae-bum
** (2014 Sochi):
Jia Zongyang,
Xu Mengtao,
Li Nina,
Qi Guangpu
** (2016 Rio):
Aldo Montano,
Clemente Russo,
Frank Chamizo Marquez,
Tania Cagnotto,
Erika Fasana,
Marta Menegatti,
Martina Caironi
Martina Caironi (born 13 September 1989) is an Italian Paralympic athletics, Paralympic athlete. She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics. She won a gold medal in the 100 m sprint in 2012 and a silver in the long j ...
** (2018 PyeongChang):
Christof Innerhofer,
Sofia Goggia,
Dorothea Wierer,
Omar Visintin
* GALAXY 11 (
2014 FIFA World Cup
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)
** Manager:
Franz Beckenbauer
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** Players:
Lionel Messi
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(
captain
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),
Mario Götze
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,
Oscar
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People and fictional and mythical characters
* Oscar (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters named Oscar, Óscar or Oskar
* Oscar (footballer, born 1954), Brazilian footballer ...
,
Wu Lei,
Stephan El Shaarawy,
Victor Moses
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,
Radamel Falcao
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,
Lee Chung-yong,
Iker Casillas,
Wayne Rooney
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,
Landon Donovan
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,
Aleksandr Kerzhakov
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He used ...
,
Cristiano Ronaldo
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*
Avengers: Age of Ultron:
Lionel Messi
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(
Iron Man
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),
Eddie Lacy
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(
Hulk
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),
John John Florence (
Thor
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),
Fabian Cancellara
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(
Hawkeye),
Yoshihiro Akiyama ( Chu Seong-hoon)
Sports team
National team
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Team Korea
*
Team USA
*
Team GB
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Team Singapore
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Italia Team
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Swedish Olympic Team
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Belgian Olympic Team
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Australian Olympic Team
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Jordan Olympic Team
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Hong Kong Olympic Team
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Brazil national football team
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*
England national football team
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*
Austria national football team
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The Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) was founded on 18 Mar ...
*
England national rugby union team
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*
Australia national rugby union team
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*
South Africa national rugby union team
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*
Canada national ice hockey team
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Canada national short track speed skating team
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China national ski team
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Jamaica national bobsleigh team
Club
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Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield
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(Former)
*
C.D. Guadalajara
*
C.F. Pachuca
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Real Madrid C.F.
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Juventus FC
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*
Chelsea (Former)
*
Wimbledon
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* Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
Wimbledon may also refer to:
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* W ...
(Former)
*
Royal Thai Police
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(Former)
*
Brøndby IF
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(Former)
*
Olympiacos F.C.
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*
Vác FC
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(Former)
*
Leinster Rugby
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*
Banbridge RFC
*
Frankfurt Universe
* BMW Motorsport
* 1. FC Köln, FC Köln (Former)
* Eintracht Frankfurt (Former)
* Samsung Smart Motorsport
* Honda Racing British Superbike team
* Trek Factory Racing
* Lampre-Merida
* MTN-Qhubeka
* Mumbai Indians
Facilities
* Samsung Training Center
* Samsung Leports Center
* Suwon Samsung Bluewings Club House - Suwon Samsung Bluewings
* Samsung Lions Ballpark - Samsung Lions
* Challenge Camp - Samsung Electronics Athletic Club
* Samsung Equestrian Center - Samsung Electronics Equestrian Team
* Hanullim Gymnasium - Samsung Electro-Mechanics Badminton Club
Social contribution
* Keunnarae Program
* Dream Camp
* Therapeutic Riding
* I see your dreams
References
External links
* Samsung Sports -
Facebook,
Tistory blogYouTube
* Samsung Sport
Facebook* Suwon Samsung Bluewings
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* Samsung Lions
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* Seoul Samsung Thunders
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* Yongin Samsung Blueminx
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* Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs
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* Samsung Galaxy Pro Game Team
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* Samsung Electronics Athletic Club
Official website* Samsung Electronics Equestrian Team
Official website* Samsung Securities Tennis Club
Official website
* S-1 Taekwondo Club
Official website
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Sports companies
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