Birth Date: | November 8, 1920 |
Birth Place: | Canton, Guangdong, Republic of China |
Death Date: | February 20, 2007 (aged 86) |
Death Place: | Aina Haina, Hawaii, U.S. |
Sport: | Weightlifting |
Club: | Nuuanu Young Men's Christian Association |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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. 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. He was the first Chinese-American to compete for the United States at the Olympics.