Song Seung-tae (born January 3, 1972) is a retired

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striker from

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, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the

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in Sydney. In the final the South Koreans were beaten by the

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title holders after penalty strokes. Song played club hockey in

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with

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after playing in

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. His Olympic debut was at the 1996 Summer Olympics in

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and he also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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References

Profile on Athens 2004 Web Site
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* 1972 births Living people South Korean male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for South Korea Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for South Korea 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1998 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2002 Asian Games Olympic medalists in field hockey South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Germany University of Cologne alumni Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Expatriate field hockey players {{SouthKorea-fieldhockey-bio-stub