Park Sang-young

Park Sang-young
Park at Trophée Monal 2014
Personal information
Born	(1995-10-16) 16 October 1995 (age 25) Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Épée
Hand	right-handed
Club	Ulsan Metropolitan City Hall
FIE ranking	current ranking
hide Medal record Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual épée 2020 Tokyo Team épée World Championships 2014 Kazan Team épée 2018 Wuxi Team épée Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team epée 2018 Jakarta Individual épée Asian Championships 2014 Suwon Team épée Junior World Championships Individual épée

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

Career[]

He was junior world champion in Moscow in 2012.^[2] 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.^[3] 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,^[4] as well as a silver medal at the 2014 World Fencing Championships.^[5] He finished the season world no.3.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[6] The injury prevented him from taking part in the 2015 Asian championships and the 2015 world championships. He returned to competition a year later, winning a bronze medal in the Vancouver world cup in February of 2016.^[7]

Medal Record[]

Olympic Games[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Individual Men's Épée	1st[8]

World Championship[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2014	Kazan, Russia	Team Men's Épée	2nd[9]
2018	Wuxi, China	Team Men's Épée	2nd[10]

Asian Championship[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2014	Suwon, South Korea	Team Men's Épée	1st[11]
2016	Wuxi, China	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[12]
2016	Wuxi, China	Team Men's Épée	2nd[13]
2017	Hong Kong, China	Team Men's Épée	1st[14]
2019	Tokyo, Japan	Team Men's Épée	2nd[15]

Grand Prix[]

Date	Location	Event	Position
01/16/2014	Doha, Qatar	Individual Men's Épée	1st[16]
05/10/2014	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	1st[17]
12/08/2017	Doha, Qatar	Individual Men's Épée	1st[18]
05/25/2018	Cali, Colombia	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[19]

World Cup[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
02/12/2016	Vancouver, Canada	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[20]
11/18/2016	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Individual Men's Épée	1st[21]
10/27/2017	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	1st[22]
05/17/2019	Paris, France	Individual Men's Épée	1st[23]
01/09/2020	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[24]

References[]

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