Jung Jin-sun

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Jung Jin-Sun (Korean: Script error: No such module "Lang".; Hanja: Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler;[1] Script error: No such module "IPA". or Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 24 January 1984) is a South Korean right-handed épée fencer, four-time team Asian champion, four-time individual Asian champion, three-time Olympian, and 2012 individual Olympic bronze medalist.[2]

Career

Jung took up fencing in middle school after being noticed by Olympian Yang Dal-sik.

He made his international debut in the 2004–05 season and won a bronze medal in the Stockholm Grand Prix. A year later, he won gold in team épée at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. He then went through a dry spell until he reached the final in the 2008 at the Koweit City World Cup. He climbed on the podium in Montréal and Cali and won the Puerto Rico Grand Prix. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was one of the top seeds for the individual épée competition, but lost 15–11 in the quarter-finals to eventual silver medalist Fabrice Jeannet of France. These results allowed him to finish the season at the second place in world rankings.

In 2011 Jung won the gold medal in the Asian Championships at home in Seoul, a feat he repeated a year later at Wakayama. In the 2012 London Olympics, he knocked out world No.4 Elmir Alimzhanov, then Jörg Fiedler, but was defeated after a tight bout against surprise semifinalist Bartosz Piasecki of Norway.[3] He then met American fencer Weston Kelsey in the bronze medal match. They were tied at 11 all at the end of fencing time. After two double hits, Jung scored with a foot touch to come away with a bronze medal.[3]

After the 2012 Games, Jung won a bronze medal in the 2013 Legnano World Cup. He won the gold medal in the same event a year later, along with a bronze in the Paris World Cup. He won the 2014 Asian Fencing Championships in Suwon after defeating Japan's Keisuke Sakamoto in the final. In the World Championships in Kazan, he made it to the round of 16 but was stopped by Italy's Enrico Garozzo, who eventually won the bronze medal. In the team event, No.6 seed South Korea defeated Brazil, Japan, Ukraine, then host Russia to meet France in the final. After a good start Korea could not prevent a French comeback. They were defeated 39–45 and came away with the silver medal.[4]

Medal Record

Olympic Games

Year Location Event Position
2012 Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom Individual Men's Épée 3rd[5]

World Championship

Year Location Event Position
2014 Template:Flagicon Kazan, Russia Team Men's Épée 2nd[6]
2018 Template:Flagicon Wuxi, China Team Men's Épée 2nd[7]

Asian Championship

Year Location Event Position
2007 Template:Flagicon Nantong, China Team Men's Épée 3rd[8]
2008 Template:Flagicon Bangkok, Thailand Team Men's Épée 1st[9]
2011 Template:Flagicon Seoul, South Korea Individual Men's Épée 1st[10]
2011 Template:Flagicon Seoul, South Korea Team Men's Épée 1st[11]
2012 Template:Flagicon Wakayama, Japan Individual Men's Épée 1st[12]
2014 Template:Flagicon Suwon, South Korea Individual Men's Épée 1st[13]
2014 Template:Flagicon Suwon, South Korea Team Men's Épée 1st[14]
2016 Template:Flagicon Wuxi, China Team Men's Épée 2nd[15]
2017 Template:Flagicon Hong Kong, China Individual Men's Épée 3rd[16]
2017 Template:Flagicon Hong Kong, China Team Men's Épée 1st[17]
2018 Template:Flagicon Bangkok, Thailand Individual Men's Épée 1st[18]

Grand Prix

Date Location Event Position
03/11/2005 Template:Flagicon Stockholm, Sweden Individual Men's Épée 3rd[19]
01/25/2008 Template:Flagicon Kuwait City, Kuwait Individual Men's Épée 2nd[20]
05/30/2008 Template:Flagicon Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Épée 3rd[21]
03/24/2017 Template:Flagicon Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Épée 1st[22]
12/08/2017 Template:Flagicon Doha, Qatar Individual Men's Épée 2nd[23]

World Cup

Date Location Event Position
03/01/2008 Template:Flagicon Bern, Switzerland Individual Men's Épée 3rd[24]
06/06/2008 Template:Flagicon Caguas, Puerto Rico Individual Men's Épée 1st[25]
06/14/2008 Template:Flagicon Cali, Colombia Individual Men's Épée 3rd[26]
01/25/2013 Template:Flagicon Legnano, Italy Individual Men's Épée 3rd[27]
01/24/2014 Template:Flagicon Legnano, Italy Individual Men's Épée 1st[28]
05/02/2014 Template:Flagicon Paris, France Individual Men's Épée 3rd[29]
02/13/2015 Template:Flagicon Vancouver, Canada Individual Men's Épée 3rd[30]

References

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