Sport Fencing Weight 70 kg Height 1.73 m | Role Olympic athlete Name Choi Byung-chul | |
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Nickname(s) Oddball Swordsman (괴짜검객) Born 24 October 1981 (age 42) ( 1981-10-24 ) Olympic medals Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's Foil, Individual | ||
Choi Byung-Chul (Hangul: 최병철, Hanja: 崔秉哲; [tɕʰwe̞.bjʌŋ.tɕʰʌl]; born October 24, 1981) is a South Korean foil fencer.
Choi made his first major international appearance by winning gold in the individual foil and bronze in the team foil at the 2001 Junior World Fencing Championships. In 2007, he won the bronze medal in the foil team event at the World Fencing Championships in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Choi qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics for the men's individual foil competition. On August 13, 2008, he had a 15-14 loss to the eventual silver medalist Yuki Ota of Japan in the round of 16. Choi then participated in the 2012 London Olympics and on July 31, 2012, he lost to Alaaeldin Abouelkassem in the semi-final, but beat Andrea Baldini in the bronze medal match to finally capture the bronze medal.