Country South Korea Revised Romanization Won Unyeong Height 1.82 m Hanja 元禹寧 Role Olympic athlete | Hangul 원우녕 Name Won Woo-young Sport Fencing McCune–Reischauer Won Unyong Weight 76 kg | |
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Born 3 February 1982 (age 42) ( 1982-02-03 ) Olympic medals Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre Similar People Oh Eun‑seok, Gu Bon‑Gil, Kim Jung‑Hwan, Tiberiu Dolniceanu, Luigi Samele | ||
Quarterfinal men's sabre Grand Prix Warsaw 2011: Montano vs. WON Woo Young
Won Woo-young (Hangul: 원우영; [wʌn.u.jʌŋ]; born 3 February 1982) is a South Korean sabre fencer.
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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 – 9 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. In the men's individual event he lost in the last 16 to Nikolay Kovalev, the eventual bronze medallist.
Achievements
2010 World Fencing Championships, sabre 2006 World Fencing Championships, sabre 2012 Summer Olympics, Team sabreReferences
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