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Won Woo-young

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In this Korean name, the family name is Won.
Won Woo-young
Personal information
Born (1982-02-03) 3 February 1982 (age 42)
Seoul, South Korea
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
CountrySouth Korea South Korea
WeaponSabre
HandRight-handed
Years on national team2004–2015
Highest ranking5 (2010-2011)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
Asian Games 1 2 0
World Championships 1 1 1
Asian Championships 4 4 1
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Paris Individual
Silver medal – second place 2014 Kazan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Individual
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Seoul Individual
Gold medal – first place 2011 Seoul Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Suwon Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Nantong Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Seoul Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Wakayama Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Wakayama Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore Individual
Won Woo-young
Hangul
원우영
Hanja
元禹寧
Revised RomanizationWon Uyeong
McCune–ReischauerWŏn Uyŏng

Won Woo-young (Korean: 원우영; Korean pronunciation: [wʌn.u.jʌŋ]; born 3 February 1982) is a South Korean sabre fencer. He won gold at the Olympics, World Championships, Asian Games and Asian Championships and is the first Asian fencer to win gold in the men's individual sabre event at the World Championships.[1][2]

After retiring, he became a sports commentator for Seoul Broadcasting System and covered fencing events at various international tournaments. In November 2021, he was appointed coach of the men's sabre team.

Early life

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Won attended Hongik University High School, then one of the few schools in Seoul with a fencing team, and was a year ahead of future sabre teammate Kim Jung-hwan. One of their seniors was foil fencer and future Olympic silver medalist Choi Byung-chul.[3] He graduated from Korea National Sport University in 2004.[2][4]

Career

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Won began competing internationally in 2004 and 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 then-world number 1 Nicolas Limbach 15–9 in the final. It was the first time an Asian fencer had won the gold medal at a sabre event in the World Championships.[5][6]

Won, together with Oh Eun-seok, Kim Jung-hwan and Gu Bon-gil, were selected for the national team to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics[7] The Olympics began on a sour note for them as he, Kim and Gu all did not make it past the semi-final stage of the individual event; he lost in the last 16 to Nikolay Kovalev, the eventual bronze medallist.[8] They managed to win a historic gold in the team event, South Korea's first ever Olympic gold medal in the men's team sabre category.[9][10] The quartet continued to dominate in the team events; in the year 2014 alone they swept gold at both the Asian Championships and Asian Games hosted at home and won silver at the World Championships. They had a disappointing run at the 2015 World Championships as none of them reached the final in the individual event and then lost by only a point to France in the quarter-finals of the team event. A week later, they successfully defended their team gold medal at the Asian Championships, his last major international competition. He and Oh both retired from the national team at the end of the season.[4]

In 2016 Won was awarded the Order of Sports Merit Cheongnyong (청룡장; English: Blue Dragon) class, the South Korean government's highest honor bestowed on professional athletes who meet the criteria.[11][12]

Medal Record

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Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2012 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom Team Men's Sabre 1st[13]

World Championships

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Year Location Event Position
2006 Italy Turin, Italy Individual Men's Sabre 3rd
2010 France Paris, France Individual Men's Sabre 1st
2014 Russia Kazan, Russia Team Men's Sabre 2nd[14]

World Cup

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Year Location Event Position
6/25/2005 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria Individual Men's Sabre 2nd
6/18/2010 United States New York City, United States Individual Men's Sabre 3rd
5/13/2011 Spain Madrid, Spain Individual Men's Sabre 3rd
4/27/2012 Greece Athens, Greece Individual Men's Sabre 3rd

Grand Prix

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Year Location Event Position
2/29/2008 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria Individual Men's Sabre 3rd
6/4/2011 Poland Warsaw, Poland Individual Men's Sabre 2nd
3/3/2012 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Sabre 3rd

Post-retirement

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Won retired from the national team in 2015 but continued to play amateurly and coach at his club. He also became a commentator for SBS and covered fencing events at the 2016[15] and 2020 Summer Olympics[16] and the 2018 Asian Games.[4][17]

In November 2021, ahead of the Orleans Grand Prix, the Korean Fencing Federation announced that Won had been appointed coach of the men's sabre team.[18][19]

Personal life

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Won married his girlfriend of three years, a flight attendant, in September 2015.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "원우영, 세계 남 사브르 사상 첫 금" (in Korean). KBS. November 7, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "원우영 '녹슬지 않은 에이스의 검'" (in Korean). joins.com. August 4, 2012.
  3. ^ "스포츠 명문고를 찾아서 [10] 홍익사대부고 펜싱부". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). April 12, 2007.
  4. ^ a b c "[Weekend Interview] 펜싱강국 이끈 '레전드'에서 亞게임 해설위원 변신한 원우영" (in Korean). mk.co.kr. August 17, 2018.
  5. ^ "Korea's Won makes fencing history". Sydney Morning Herald. November 7, 2010.
  6. ^ "Won makes history at fencing worlds". The Korea Herald. November 7, 2010.
  7. ^ "Won Wu-yeong Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
  8. ^ "Driven by controversy, S. Korean fencers enjoy record medal haul". The Korea Herald. August 5, 2012.
  9. ^ "Fencers stay sharp from start to finish". Korea JoongAng Daily. August 6, 2012.
  10. ^ "Fencing: Unfancied South Korea win men's sabre gold". Reuters. August 4, 2012.
  11. ^ "'펜싱코리아 대표검객' 원우영-김정환 청룡장 받는다". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). October 14, 2016.
  12. ^ "제54회 체육의 날(10. 15.) 기념 대한민국체육상 시상 및 체육발전유공자 정부 포상" (in Korean). Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. October 14, 2016.
  13. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  14. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  15. ^ "'열광 해설' 최병철 KBS해설위원, SBS 해설진과 펜싱 김정환 응원 "방송사 다르지만 우리는 하나"". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). August 11, 2016.
  16. ^ "'원우영의 뜨거운 눈물'… SBS 펜싱 중계 실시간 '시청률 1위'". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). July 28, 2021.
  17. ^ "SBS, AG 펜싱 중계 방송 시청률 1위…정우영X원우영 콤비의 빛난 해설". Sports Seoul (in Korean). August 20, 2018.
  18. ^ "'원조 어펜저스' 원우영, 김정환·구본길 이끄는 대표팀 코치로". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). November 5, 2021.
  19. ^ "2021 펜싱 국가대표 지도자(코치) 채용 합격자 발표" (in Korean). Korean Fencing Federation. November 2, 2021.
  20. ^ "'펜싱 그랜드슬래머'원우영,5일 미모의 승무원과 화촉". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). September 3, 2015.
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