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sabre
Rank55
Pts30.000
Age36
HandR
LicenseValid

Personal Information

Family Wife Park Eun-Joo, one son [2023]

Residence Seoul, KOR

Occupation Athlete

Languages Korean

Higher education Physical Education - Dong-Eui University: Busan, KOR

License number 27041989002

Club

GoldSilverBronzeTotal
World Cup74617
Padoue (ITALY), 2011-02-18Madrid (SPAIN), 2010-05-22New York (USA), 2011-06-24
Moscow (RUSSIA), 2011-03-18Padoue (ITALY), 2014-02-14Padoue (ITALY), 2012-02-17
Budapest (HUNGARY), 2014-11-21Györ (HUNGARY), 2016-12-02Moscow (RUSSIA), 2013-03-22
Varsovie (POLAND), 2015-02-20Luxembourg (LUXEMBOURG), 2020-03-06Athènes (GREECE), 2013-04-26
Madrid (SPAIN), 2015-05-01Varsovie (POLAND), 2017-02-24
Varsovie (POLAND), 2016-02-19Budapest (HUNGARY), 2023-03-24
Varsovie (POLAND), 2018-02-23
World Championship-213
Kazan (RUSSIA), 2014-07-15Catania (ITALY), 2011-10-09
Leipzig (GERMANY), 2017-07-19
Zone Championships72-9
Séoul (KOREA), 2010-07-08Séoul (KOREA), 2011-07-08
Wakayama (JAPAN), 2012-04-22Singapore (SINGAPORE), 2015-06-25
Shanghai (CHINA), 2013-06-04
Suwon City (KOREA), 2014-07-02
Hong Kong (HONG KONG, CHINA), 2017-06-17
Bangkok (THAILAND), 2018-06-19
Seoul (KOREA), 2022-06-10
Grand Prix-549
Budapest (HUNGARY), 2010-02-05Budapest (HUNGARY), 2011-03-05
Tunis (TUNISIA), 2010-03-21Varsovie (POLAND), 2013-05-18
Plovdiv (BULGARIA), 2012-02-04Cancun (MEXICO), 2017-12-15
Moscow (RUSSIA), 2017-06-02Moscow (RUSSIA), 2018-05-11
Padoue (ITALY), 2022-05-20

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing in 2002 in Daegu, Republic of Korea.

Why this sport? He was playing football with his friends when he was encouraged to take up the sport by a fencing coach at his middle school. He was included in the school's sabre team because it was short of members.

Club / Team Korea Sports Promotion Foundation: Jeonnam, KOR

Name of coach Won Woo-Young [national], KOR

Handedness Right

General Interest

Hobbies Golf, playing video games. (xportsnews.com, 09 Oct 2021; Instagram profile, 02 Feb 2020; isplus.live.joins.com, 25 Apr 2019)

Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs "I don't eat food on the day of a competition and avoid water as much as possible because it feels like my body is getting heavier." (hankookilbo.com, 03 Jan 2020)

Sporting philosophy / motto "My style is 80% attack and 20% defence." (sports.news.naver.com, 14 May 2019)

Awards and honours He received the 2023 Outstanding Athlete Award from the Korean Fencing Federation. (Instagram profile, 05 May 2024)

He and swimmer Kim Seo-Yeong were named flag bearers for the Republic of Korea for the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (news1.kr, 12 Sep 2023)

In 2020 he was inducted into the International Fencing Federation [FIE] Hall of Fame. (Instagram profile, 24 Sep 2020; usafencing.org, 18 Sep 2020)

In 2019 he was presented with the Cheongryong [Blue Dragon] Medal, the highest Order of Sport Merit in the Republic of Korea. (sports.chosun.com, 15 Oct 2019)

He was flag bearer for the Republic of Korea at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (news.joins.com, 20 Jul 2016)

Milestones He was a member of the team that won the Republic of Korea's first Olympic gold medal in a fencing team event when he joined Kim Jung-Hwan, Oh Eun-Seok, and Won Woo-Young to claim victory in men's team sabre at the 2012 Games in London. (SportsDeskOnline, 10 May 2021)

Ambitions To win a medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (yna.co.kr, 06 May 2024)

Other information FURTHER EDUCATION
He has studied for a postgraduate degree at Kookmin University Graduate School of Sports Industry in Seoul, Republic of Korea. (cst.kookmin.ac.kr, 27 Jul 2021; UniK Naver blog, 04 Dec 2018)

Statistics

rank
points
season
55th (S)
30.000
2024/2025
22nd (S)
72.000
2023/2024
15th (S)
97.000
2022/2023
9th (S)
102.000
2021/2022
11th (S)
121.000
2020/2021
9th (S)
129.000
2019/2020
11th (S)
93.000
2018/2019
2nd (S)
197.000
2017/2018
1st (S)
231.000
2016/2017
7th (S)
139.000
2015/2016
1st (S)
212.000
2014/2015
1st (S)
209.000
2013/2014
5th (S)
167.000
2012/2013
4th (S)
167.000
2011/2012
3rd (S)
215.000
2010/2011
3rd (S)
230.000
2009/2010
186th (S)
6.000
2008/2009
51st (J)
24.000
2008/2009
7th (J)
96.000
2007/2008

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