Kim Jung-hwan (fencer)

Kim Jung-hwan
Personal information
Born (1983-09-02) 2 September 1983
Seoul
Education Kookmin University[1]
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)[2]
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event(s) Sabre
Club Korean Sports Promotion Foundation[1]
Coached by Kim Du-Hong
Lee Hyo-kun[1]
Korean name
Hangul 김정환
Hanja 金政煥
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.[3] He is ranked number 1 in 2016 in sabre.[1]

Career

He took up fencing in junior high school in 1996, influenced by a friend and his physical education teacher.[1]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the Men's team sabre event. In the individual event he was defeated in the second round.[4]

In the 2014–15 Fencing World Cup, Kim won gold at the New York Grand Prix in individual men's sabre,[5] and finished the season ranked world #2 behind team-mate Gu Bon-Gil.[1] He is the 2015 Asian Champion.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Fencer KIM Junghwan". FIE. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  2. 1 2 "Kim Junghwan". Rio2016. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  3. ↑ "Kim Junghwan". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-27.
  4. ↑ "Junghwan Kim". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Result - Overall Ranking Absolute Fencing Gear New York Sabre Grand Prix 2014". FIE. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Result - Overall Ranking Championnats asiatiques 2015". FIE. Retrieved 15 July 2015.


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