Kim Jung-hwan (fencer)

Kim Jung-hwan
Personal information
Born (1983-09-02) 2 September 1983
Sport
Sport Fencing
Coached by Lee Hyo-kun
Korean name
Hangul 김정환
Revised Romanization Gim Jeonghwan
McCune–Reischauer Kim Chŏnghwan
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Jung-hwan (born 2 September 1983) is a South Korean fencer.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the Men's team sabre event. In the individual event he was defeated in the second round.[2]

In the 2014–15 Fencing World Cup, Kim won gold at the New York Grand Prix in individual men's sabre,[3] and finished the season ranked world #2 behind team-mate Gu Bon-Gil.[4] He is the 2015 Asian Champion.[5]

References

  1. London2012.com
  2. "Junghwan Kim". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  3. "Result - Overall Ranking Absolute Fencing Gear New York Sabre Grand Prix 2014". FIE. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  4. "Fencer KIM Junghwan". FIE. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  5. "Result - Overall Ranking Championnats asiatiques 2015". FIE. Retrieved 15 July 2015.


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