Sport Fencing Name Kim Jung-hwan Coached by Lee Hyo-kun McCune–Reischauer Kim Chonghwan Weight 64 kg | Height 1.78 m Hangul 김정환 Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born 2 September 1983 (age 40) ( 1983-09-02 ) Olympic medals Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre Similar People Gu Bon‑Gil, Oh Eun‑seok, Won Woo‑young, Tiberiu Dolniceanu, Luigi Samele | ||
Revised Romanization Gim Jeonghwan | ||
Bronze medalist fencer kim jung hwan discusses his journey to and past rio
Kim Jung-hwan ([kim.dʑʌŋ.ɦwan] or [kim] [tɕʌŋ.ɦwan]; born 2 September 1983) is a South Korean fencer. He is ranked number 1 in 2016 in sabre.
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Bronze medalist fencer kim jung hwan discusses his journey to and past rio
Career
He took up fencing in junior high school in 1996, influenced by a friend and his physical education teacher.
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.
In the 2014–15 Fencing World Cup, Kim won gold at the New York Grand Prix in individual men's sabre, and finished the season ranked world #2 behind teammate Gu Bon-Gil. He is the 2015 Asian Champion.
References
Kim Jung-hwan (fencer) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA