Park Sang-young
Park Sang-young | |
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Personal information | |
Born | 16 October 1995 |
Sport | |
Country | South Korea |
Sport | Fencing |
Weapon | Épée |
Hand | right-handed |
Club | Ulsan Metropolitan City Hall |
FIE ranking | current ranking |
Park Sang-young | |
Hangul | 박상영 |
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Revised Romanization | Bak Sangyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak Sangyŏng |
Park Sang-young (Korean pronunciation: [pak̚.s͈aŋ.jʌŋ] or [pak̚] [saŋ.jʌŋ]; born 16 October 1995) is a South Korean épée fencer, Individual gold medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and team silver medallist at the 2014 World Fencing Championships.
Career
He was junior world champion in Moscow in 2012.[1] He joined the senior category in the 2013–14 season, during which he won the 2014 Doha Grand Prix and the 2014 Berne Grand Prix.[2] 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,[3] as well as a silver medal at the 2014 World Fencing Championships.[4] He finished the season world no.3.
The 2014–15 season proved more difficult for Park. After two quarter-final finishes, he sustained a knee injury in March at the Budapest Grand Prix, which barred him from taking part to the Asian Championships and to the World Championships. He came back a year later, earning a bronze medal in the Vancouver World Cup.[5]
References
- ^ International Fencing Federation (ed.). "Championnats du monde juniors-cadets–List of results".
- ^ Gabriele Lippi (11 May 2014). "La seconda di Park". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian).
- ^ "S. Korea wins men's epee fencing team gold". Yonhap News Agency. 23 September 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Alessandro Gennari (14 February 2016). "A Vancouver va in scena la prima di Enrico Garozzo". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian).
- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from Jinju
- South Korean male fencers
- South Korean épée fencers
- Korea National Sport University alumni
- Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic fencers of South Korea
- Olympic gold medalists for South Korea
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Fencers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- South Korean Buddhists
- South Korean fencing biography stubs