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OH Sanguk
NOC Republic of Korea   
GenderMen
Born 30 Sep 1996 in Daejeon, KOR
Height1.92 m
Human Interest
Sport Specific Information
Club / Team Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall: Republic of Korea
General Interest
Famous relatives His older brother Oh Sang-Min represented the Republic of Korea in fencing at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. (chosun.com, 30 Jul 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 06 May 2021; SBS, 29 Aug 2019; kmib.co.kr, 13 Feb 2015)
Sport Specific Information
Why this sport? He was encouraged by his older brother. His parents initially did not want him to get involved in the sport but they were persuaded to let him pursue it after coach Park Jong-Han identified his talent.
General Interest
Most influential person in career His middle school coach Park Jong-Han. (news.kmib.co.kr, 23 Aug 2018)
Sport Specific Information
Name of coach Kim Tae-Young [club], KOR; Won Woo-Young [national], KOR
Handedness Right
When and where did you begin this sport? He first tried fencing while he was in primary school. He took up the sport competitively in 2009 at Maebong Middle School in Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
International Debut
Year 2015
Competing for Republic of Korea
Tournament World Cup
Location Padua, ITA
Further Personal Information
Occupation Athlete
Languages Korean
Higher education Physical Education - Daejeon University: Republic of Korea
General Interest
Hero / Idol Korean fencers Kim Jung-Hwan and Gu Bon-Gil. (stoo.asiae.co.kr, 03 Jan 2020)
Injuries In November 2022 he underwent surgery on his right ankle after rupturing a ligament during a national training camp. He returned to competition at the 2023 World Cup event in Budapest, Hungary. (sports.khan.co.kr, 27 Mar 2023; Kim Jung-Hwan's Naver blog, 22 Dec 2022)

In March 2021 he was hospitalised in the Republic of Korea after testing positive for COVID-19. He had just returned home from winning gold in individual sabre at the 2021 World Cup event in Budapest, Hungary. He resumed training one month later. (news.sbs.co.kr, 23 Apr 2021; news.kbs.co.kr, 14 Apr 2021)

He had surgery on the little toe on his right foot in August 2016. (segye.com, 16 Dec 2016)
Awards and honours In February 2023 he received the Athlete of the Year Award in the competition section at the 69th Korean Sport and Olympic Committee [KSOC] Sports Award in the Republic of Korea. (maniareport.com, 28 Feb 2023)

In 2021 he was given the Excellent Male Fencer Award by the Korean Fencing Federation. (joongboo.com, 16 Mar 2022)

In 2020 he was presented with the Best Athlete Award at the Coca-Cola Amateur Sports Awards in the Republic of Korea. (sportschosun.com, 28 Apr 2021)

He was named Athlete of the Year at the 2019 Korea Sports Awards. He also received the Amateur Athlete of the Year award at the 2019 Gyeonggi Province Sports Awards in the Republic of Korea. (kyeongin.com, 19 Dec 2019; kyeonggi.com, 15 Oct 2019)

He was named Athlete of the Year at the 2018 Daejeon Sports Awards in the Republic of Korea. (dtnews24.com, 21 Dec 2018)

He was named the 2017 Male Fencer of the Year by the Korean Fencing Federation. (osen.mt.co.kr, 13 Dec 2017)
Hobbies Gaming. (news.chosun.com, 23 Aug 2019)
Nicknames Monster [because of his height]. (news.chosun.com, 23 Aug 2019)
Sporting philosophy / motto "If somebody says fencing, I want to be the person that immediately comes to mind." (sportschosun.com, 28 Apr 2021)
Further Personal Information
Residence Daejeon, KOR

Major Results
Year Rank Event Venue
Olympic Games
2020 1 Team Sabre Tokyo, Japan
2020 Quarterfinal Individual Sabre Tokyo, Japan
World Championships
2023 2 Team Sabre Milan, Italy
2022 1 Team Sabre Cairo, Egypt
2022 Quarterfinal Individual Sabre Cairo, Egypt
2019 1 Team Sabre Budapest, Hungary
2018 1 Team Sabre Wuxi, China
2017 1 Team Sabre Leipzig, Germany
2017 6 Individual Sabre Leipzig, Germany
Asian Championships
2023 1 Team Sabre Wuxi, China
2023 Quarterfinal Individual Sabre Wuxi, China
2022 1 Team Sabre Seoul, Republic of Korea
2022 3 Individual Sabre Seoul, Republic of Korea
2019 1 Individual Sabre Tokyo, Japan
2019 1 Team Sabre Tokyo, Japan
2018 3 Team Sabre Bangkok, Thailand
2017 1 Team Sabre Hong Kong, China
2017 Quarterfinal Individual Sabre Hong Kong, China
2016 8 Individual Sabre Wuxi, China