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In this Korean name, the family name is Park.
Park Sang-young
Park at Trophée Monal 2014
Personal information
Born (1995-10-16) 16 October 1995 (age 29)
Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country South Korea
WeaponÉpée
Handright-handed
ClubUlsan Metropolitan City Hall
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Kazan Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Wuxi Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Suwon Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Hong Kong Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Wuxi Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Wuxi Individual
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bangkok Team
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Moscow Individual
Park Sang-young
Hangul
박상영
Hanja
朴相泳
Revised RomanizationBak Sang-yeong
McCune–ReischauerPak Sangyŏng

Park Sang-young (Korean pronunciation: [pak̚.s͈aŋ.jʌŋ] or [pak̚] [saŋ.jʌŋ]; born 16 October 1995) is a South Korean right-handed épée fencer, three-time team Asian champion, 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist, and 2016 individual Olympic champion.[1]

Early life

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Park was introduced to fencing in middle school. He nearly had to give up the sport as his family could not afford the expensive equipment but financial aid from a non-profit charity and his admission into Gyeongnam Physical Education High School [ko], a public school, allowed him to continue to fencing.[2][3][4] During his first year in high school, he won first place in the individual épée category at the national high school championships.[4]

Career

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Park was junior world champion in Moscow in 2012, becoming the first South Korean male junior fencer to win a medal in the épée event.[5][4] He qualified for the senior national team in 2013 by winning the national championship, a rarity for a high school student as fencers generally competed at collegiate level before making the step up. Dubbed a "monster rookie", he made headlines by narrowly defeating veterans Kweon Young-jun and Jung Jin-sun.[4][6]

Park joined the senior category in the 2013–14 season, during which he won the 2014 Doha Grand Prix and the 2014 Berne Grand Prix.[7] As part of the South Korean team he won a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Fencing Championships in Suwon and at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon,[8] as well as a silver medal at the 2014 World Fencing Championships.[9] He finished the season world no.3.[1]

The 2014–15 season proved more difficult for Park. He sustained a knee injury while fencing against Pavel Pitra of the Czech Republic in the table of 16 at the March Grand Prix in Budapest, Hungary.[10] The injury prevented him from taking part in the 2015 Asian Championships and the World Championships. He returned to competition a year later, winning a bronze medal in the Vancouver world cup in February 2016.[11]

Medal Record

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Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Individual Men's Épée 1st[12]
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Épée 3rd[13]

World Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2014 Russia Kazan, Russia Team Men's Épée 2nd[14]
2018 China Wuxi, China Team Men's Épée 2nd[15]

Asian Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2014 South Korea Suwon, South Korea Team Men's Épée 1st[16]
2016 China Wuxi, China Individual Men's Épée 2nd[17]
2016 China Wuxi, China Team Men's Épée 2nd[18]
2017 Hong Kong Hong Kong, China Team Men's Épée 1st[19]
2019 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Épée 2nd[20]
2022 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual Men's Épée 3rd[21]
2022 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Team Men's Épée 1st[22]

Grand Prix

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Date Location Event Position
2014-01-16 Qatar Doha, Qatar Individual Men's Épée 1st[23]
2014-05-10 Switzerland Bern, Switzerland Individual Men's Épée 1st[24]
2017-12-08 Qatar Doha, Qatar Individual Men's Épée 1st[25]
2018-05-25 Colombia Cali, Colombia Individual Men's Épée 3rd[26]

World Cup

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Date Location Event Position
2016-02-12 Canada Vancouver, Canada Individual Men's Épée 3rd[27]
2016-11-18 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Individual Men's Épée 1st[28]
2017-10-27 Switzerland Bern, Switzerland Individual Men's Épée 1st[29]
2019-05-17 France Paris, France Individual Men's Épée 1st[30]
2020-01-09 Germany Heidenheim, Germany Individual Men's Épée 2nd[31]

Personal life

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Park is a graduate of Korea National Sport University.[32][33] One of his contemporaries at university was pentathlete Jun Woong-tae, his close friend.[34][35]

References

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  1. ^ a b "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website: official profile". International Fencing Federation (FIE). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ "어려운 가정 형편에도 꿈 포기하지 않아 대한민국 '국가대표'로 성장한 선수 5인". Insight (in Korean). 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ Radio Star. Episode 742. October 20, 2021. MBC.
  4. ^ a b c d "경남체고 펜싱부 박상영 첫 고교생 국가대표 선발". Gyeongnam Shinmun (in Korean). 10 September 2013.
  5. ^ International Fencing Federation (ed.). "Championnats du monde juniors-cadets–List of results".
  6. ^ "'고교 괴물펜서'박상영,국대선발전 최연소우승'대이변'". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 7 September 2013.
  7. ^ Gabriele Lippi (11 May 2014). "La seconda di Park". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian).
  8. ^ "S. Korea wins men's epee fencing team gold". Yonhap News Agency. 23 September 2014.
  9. ^ Michael Balcaen (23 July 2014). "Un final en fanfare !" (in French). TV5 Monde. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  10. ^ Budapest GP Epee Men & Women Individual T32-T8 - Piste Yellow, retrieved 24 April 2021
  11. ^ Alessandro Gennari (14 February 2016). "A Vancouver va in scena la prima di Enrico Garozzo". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian).
  12. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  13. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  14. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  15. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  16. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  17. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  18. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  19. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  20. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  21. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  22. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  23. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  24. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  25. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  26. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  27. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  28. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  29. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  30. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  31. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  32. ^ "박상영을 춤추게한 한마디 "즐겨라"". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 10 August 2016.
  33. ^ "한국체대, 올림픽 통산 메달 100개 획득 기념행사 개최". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 21 September 2016.
  34. ^ "전웅태 "제게 운명 같았던 근대5종, 한국의 '운명'이 됐으면 해요"". Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). 21 February 2020.
  35. ^ "모두 '넌 안돼' 했지만 '할 수 있다' 재현했다, 미친펜서 박상영 [아무튼, 주말]". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 11 September 2021.
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