Sport Specific Information |
| Club / Team |
Hwaseong City Hall : Republic of Korea |
| Name of coach |
Yang Dal-Sik [club], KOR; Won Woo-Young [national], KOR |
| Handedness |
Right |
Further Personal Information |
| Occupation |
Athlete |
| Languages |
Korean |
| Higher education |
Physical Education - Dong-eui University: Busan, KOR |
General Interest |
| Injuries |
He suffered a tendon injury in his left foot shortly before the 2019 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Despite the problem he was part of the team that won gold in team sabre at the tournament. (sports.hankooki.com, 24 Jan 2021; kmib.co.kr, 25 Jul 2019)
He tore the medial cartilage in his right knee at a competition in 2011, and required one year of recovery. (sportsq.co.kr, 24 Mar 2016) |
Sport Specific Information |
| When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began fencing in grade seven of middle school in Hwaseong, Republic of Korea. |
| Why this sport? |
He played football at primary school but his middle school encouraged students to take up fencing, with a focus on sabre. |
General Interest |
| Most influential person in career |
His grandmother, his coach at middle school, and his university coach Lee Hyo-Kun. (KBS 'The Return of Superman', 14 Apr 2023; sports.hankooki.com, 24 Jan 2021) |
Further Personal Information |
| Family |
Wife Yoo Jung-Hyun, son Kim Eun-Woo [2021] |
| Olympic Games |
| 2020 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Tokyo, Japan |
| World Championships |
| 2023 |
2 |
Team Sabre |
Milan, Italy |
| 2022 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Cairo, Egypt |
| 2019 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Budapest, Hungary |
| 2018 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Wuxi, China |
| 2018 |
3 |
Individual Sabre |
Wuxi, China |
| 2017 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Leipzig, Germany |
| Asian Championships |
| 2023 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Wuxi, China |
| 2023 |
2 |
Individual Sabre |
Wuxi, China |
| 2022 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| 2019 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Tokyo, Japan |
| 2018 |
3 |
Individual Sabre |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| 2018 |
3 |
Team Sabre |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| 2017 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Hong Kong, China |
| 2017 |
3 |
Individual Sabre |
Hong Kong, China |
| 2016 |
6 |
Individual Sabre |
Wuxi, China |
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