Won Woo-Young

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Won Woo-Young

Personal information

Born

3 February 1982

Sport

Country

South Korea

Medal record

Men's Fencing
Olympic Games
Gold	2012 London	Team sabre
World Championships
Gold	2010 Paris	Sabre
Bronze	2006 Turin	Sabre
Asian Championships
Gold	2011 Seoul	Sabre
Gold	2011 Seoul	Team sabre

This is a Korean name; the family name is Won.

Won Woo-Young (Hangul: 원우영, Hanja: 元禹寧) (born 3 February 1982) is a South Korean sabre fencer.

He won the bronze medal at the sabre 2006 World Fencing Championships, after losing 15-10 to Zsolt Nemcsik in the semi-final. At the sabre 2010 World Fencing Championships, he won the gold medal, beating Nicolas Limbach 15 - 11 in the final.

He competed as part of the South Korean team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's team sabre, where he won a gold medal.^[1]

Achievements

2010 World Fencing Championships, sabre

2006 World Fencing Championships, sabre

2012 Summer Olympics, Team sabre

External links

Won Woo-Young at FIE

References

↑ "Won Wu-Yeong Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-08-07.

Olympic Fencing Champions in Men's Team Sabre

1896 – 1904
1908: Hungary (Fuchs, Gerde, Tóth, Werkner, Földes)
1912: Hungary (Berti, Földes, Fuchs, Gerde, Mészáros, Schenker, Tóth, Werkner)
1920: Italy (Baldi, Allochio, Cesarano, Gargano, A. Nadi, N. Nadi, Puliti, Santelli, Urbani)
1924: Italy (Anselmi, Balzarini, Bertinetti, Bini, Cuccia, Moricca, Puliti, Sarrocchi)
1928: Hungary (Tersztyánszky, Garay, Petschauer, Rády, Gombos, Glykais)
1932: Hungary (Petschauer, Nagy, Glykais, Piller, Gerevich, Kabos)
1936: Hungary (Gerevich, Berczelly, Kovács, Kabos, Rajcsányi, Rajczy)
1948 – 1952: Hungary (Gerevich, Berczelly, Kárpáti, Kovács, Rajcsányi, Papp)
1956: Hungary (Gerevich, Kárpáti, Kovács, Keresztes, Hámori, Magay)
1960: Hungary (Gerevich, Kárpáti, Kovács, Horváth, Delneky, Mendelényi)
1964: Soviet Union (Mavlikhanov, Rakita, Rylsky, Melnikov, Asatiani)
1968: Soviet Union (Mavlikhanov, Rakita, Sidyak, Nazlymov, Vinokurov)
1972: Italy (Maffei, Rigoli, Salvadori, M.A. Montano, M. T. Montano)
1976: Soviet Union (Sidyak, Nazlymov, Krovopuskov, Burtsev, Vinokurov)
1980: Soviet Union (Alyokhin, Sidyak, Nazlymov, Krovopuskov, Burtsev)
1984: Italy (Marin, Dalla Barba, Scalzo, Meglio, Arcidiacono)
1988: Hungary (Nébald, Szabó, Bujdosó, Gedővári, Csongrádi)
1992: Unified Team (Kiriyenko, Shirshov, Pohosov, Gutzeit, Pozdnyakov)
1996: Russia (Kiriyenko, Sharikov, Pozdnyakov)
2000: Russia (Sharikov, Pozdnyakov, Frosin)
2004: France (Pillet, D. Touya, G. Touya)
2008: France (Pillet, Sanson, Lopez)
2012: South Korea (Gu B-G, Won W-Y, Kim J-H, Oh E-S)

World Champions in Men's Sabre

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Name	Won Woo-Young
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Short description	South Korean fencer
Date of birth	3 February 1982
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