宋如海(1890—1958),安徽怀宁人。光绪二十九年(1903年)在湖北武昌接受基督教洗礼。毕业于教会办的金陵大学。他被称为“中国体育的先行者”与“中国现代体育第一人”。他也是第一位代表中国参加奥运会的正式代表。1928年,第九届奥林匹克运动会在荷兰阿姆斯特丹举行。中国虽然没有组队参加比赛,但派了一位正式代表亲临奥运会现场进行观摩。这个代表就是宋如 Song Ruhai (1890-1958), Huaining, Anhui. Twenty-nine years Guangxu (1903) in Wuchang, Hubei accept Christian baptism. Graduated from the Church of Jinling University. He is called “the forerunner of Chinese sports” and “the first person of modern Chinese sports”. He is also the first official representative of China to participate in the Olympic Games. In 1928, the Ninth Olympiad was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Although China did not form a team to participate in the competition, it sent an official representative to visit the Olympic Games site to observe. This representative is Songru