KIM Junghwan

Republic of Korea
Fencing
2 Sep 1983
40
Male
1.78/5'10''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
FEN Fencing Men's Sabre Team
KOR
Republic of Korea
 1 Gold Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Hangzhou Dianzi University Gymnasium Blue Piste
Men's Sabre Team Quarterfinal 1
#1
KOR
Republic of Korea
45
JPN
Japan
26
Finished
Hangzhou Dianzi University Gymnasium Yellow Piste
Men's Sabre Team Semifinal 1
#1
KOR
Republic of Korea
45
KAZ
Kazakhstan
41
Finished
Hangzhou Dianzi University Gymnasium Final Piste
Men's Sabre Team Gold Medal Match
#1
KOR
Republic of Korea
45
CHN
People's Republic of China
33
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
Asian Games
1Men's Team Foil2018Indonesia
1Men's Team Sabre2018Indonesia
1Men's Team Sabre2014Incheon, KOR
2Men's Individual Sabre2014Incheon, KOR
2Men's Team Sabre2010Guangzhou, CHN
Olympic Games
1Men's Team Sabre2020Tokyo, JPN
1Men's Team Sabre2012London, GBR
3Men's Individual Sabre2020Tokyo, JPN
3Men's Individual Sabre2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
19Men's Individual Sabre2012London, GBR
World Championships
1Men's Team Sabre2022Cairo, EGY
1Men's Individual Sabre2018Wuxi, CHN
1Men's Team Sabre2018Wuxi, CHN
1Men's Team Sabre2017Leipzig, GER
2Men's Team Sabre2014Kazan, RUS
3Men's Team Sabre2013Budapest, HUN
7Men's Team Sabre2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
7Men's Individual Sabre2015Moscow, RUS
8Men's Team Sabre2015Moscow, RUS
8Men's Team Sabre2010Paris, FRA
9Men's Individual Sabre2014Kazan, RUS
9Men's Team Sabre2011Catania, ITA
10Men's Team Sabre2007St. Petersburg, RUS
13Men's Individual Sabre2013Budapest, HUN
13Men's Team Sabre2009Antalya, TUR
17Men's Individual Sabre2022Cairo, EGY
17Men's Individual Sabre2017Leipzig, GER
32Men's Individual Sabre2009Antalya, TUR
35Men's Individual Sabre2007St. Petersburg, RUS
54Men's Individual Sabre2011Catania, ITA
55Men's Individual Sabre2010Paris, FRA
World Cup
1Men's Team Sabre2022/2023Budapest, HUN
1Men's Team Sabre2022/2023Algiers, ALG
1Men's Team Sabre2021/2022Madrid, ESP
1Men's Team Sabre2021/2022Tbilisi, GEO
1Men's Team Sabre2019/2020Luxembourg, LUX
1Men's Team Sabre2019/2020Cairo, EGY
1Men's Team Sabre2017/2018Madrid, ESP
1Men's Team Sabre2017/2018Warsaw, POL
1Men's Team Sabre2017/2018Padua, ITA
1Men's Team Sabre2017/2018Gyor, HUN
1Men's Individual Sabre2016/2017Warsaw, POL
1Men's Team Sabre2016/2017Padua, ITA
2Men's Team Sabre2019/2020Warsaw, POL
2Men's Team Sabre2016/2017Gyor, HUN
2Men's Individual Sabre2015/2016Budapest, HUN
3Men's Team Sabre2022/2023Padua, ITA
3Men's Individual Sabre2021/2022Madrid, ESP
3Men's Individual Sabre2021/2022Budapest, HUN
3Men's Individual Sabre2021/2022Tbilisi, GEO
3Men's Individual Sabre2019/2020Cairo, EGY
3Men's Individual Sabre2016/2017Padua, ITA
3Men's Team Sabre2016/2017Warsaw, POL
3Men's Team Sabre2016/2017Dakar, SEN
3Men's Individual Sabre2015/2016Madrid, ESP
3Men's Individual Sabre2015/2016Padua, ITA
3Men's Individual Sabre2014/2015Padua, ITA
4Men's Team Sabre2020/2021Budapest, HUN
5Men's Team Sabre2021/2022Budapest, HUN
5Men's Individual Sabre2014/2015Madrid, ESP
7Men's Team Sabre2017/2018Algiers, ALG
9Men's Individual Sabre2022/2023Budapest, HUN
9Men's Individual Sabre2018/2019Madrid, ESP
9Men's Individual Sabre2016/2017Dakar, SEN
10Men's Individual Sabre2015/2016Warsaw, POL
11Men's Individual Sabre2019/2020Warsaw, POL
11Men's Individual Sabre2017/2018Algiers, ALG
17Men's Individual Sabre2017/2018Padua, ITA
17Men's Individual Sabre2016/2017Gyor, HUN
17Men's Individual Sabre2014/2015Budapest, HUN
18Men's Individual Sabre2022/2023Madrid, ESP
18Men's Individual Sabre2019/2020Luxembourg, LUX
18Men's Individual Sabre2014/2015Warsaw, POL
19Men's Individual Sabre2017/2018Gyor, HUN
21Men's Individual Sabre2017/2018Madrid, ESP
33Men's Individual Sabre2017/2018Warsaw, POL
33Men's Individual Sabre2015/2016Tbilisi, GEO
34Men's Individual Sabre2022/2023Padua, ITA
34Men's Individual Sabre2022/2023Algiers, ALG
36Men's Individual Sabre2020/2021Budapest, HUN
Grand Prix
1Men's Individual Sabre2021/2022Orleans, FRA
1Men's Individual Sabre2016/2017Seoul, KOR
1Men's Individual Sabre2015/2016Moscow, RUS
1Men's Individual Sabre2014/2015New York, NY, USA
2Men's Individual Sabre2017/2018Seoul, KOR
3Men's Individual Sabre2022/2023Orleans, FRA
3Men's Individual Sabre2018/2019Seoul, KOR
3Men's Individual Sabre2016/2017Moscow, RUS
6Men's Individual Sabre2018/2019Moscow, RUS
6Men's Individual Sabre2017/2018Cancun, MEX
6Men's Individual Sabre2014/2015Moscow, RUS
6Men's Individual Sabre2014/2015Seoul, KOR
7Men's Individual Sabre2019/2020Montreal, QC, CAN
7Men's Individual Sabre2015/2016Seoul, KOR
9Men's Individual Sabre2015/2016Boston, MA, USA
17Men's Individual Sabre2021/2022Padua, ITA
17Men's Individual Sabre2016/2017Cancun, MEX
33Men's Individual Sabre2017/2018Moscow, RUS
35Men's Individual Sabre2022/2023Tunis, TUN
36Men's Individual Sabre2022/2023Seoul, KOR
Asian Championships
1Men's Team Sabre2023Wuxi, CHN
1Men's Team Sabre2022Seoul, KOR
1Men's Team Sabre2017Hong Kong, CHN
1Men's Individual Sabre2016Wuxi, CHN
1Men's Team Sabre2016Wuxi, CHN
1Men's Individual Sabre2015Singapore, SIN
1Men's Team Sabre2015Singapore, SIN
1Men's Team Sabre2014Suwon, KOR
1Men's Team Sabre2013Shanghai, CHN
1Men's Team Sabre2011Seoul, KOR
1Men's Individual Sabre2009Doha, QAT
2Men's Individual Sabre2022Seoul, KOR
2Men's Individual Sabre2018Bangkok, THA
2Men's Individual Sabre2013Shanghai, CHN
2Men's Team Sabre2012Wakayama, JPN
2Men's Team Sabre2010Seoul, KOR
2Men's Team Sabre2008Bangkok, THA
2Men's Team Sabre2007Nantong, CHN
3Men's Team Sabre2018Bangkok, THA
3Men's Individual Sabre2012Wakayama, JPN
3Men's Individual Sabre2007Nantong, CHN
7Men's Individual Sabre2014Suwon, KOR
9Men's Individual Sabre2017Hong Kong, CHN
17Men's Individual Sabre2023Wuxi, CHN
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Flaming Fencer, Fencing Gentleman, Inspector Gadget [after the cartoon character because of his long arms]. (in, 14 Mar 2022; mk, 22 Apr 2021; sports, 04 Sep 2020)
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Athlete
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Kookmin University, Seoul, KOR
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Wife Byun Jung-Eun, son Kim Roy [2022]
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Korean
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Korea Sports Promotion Foundation [Republic of Korea]
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Won Woo-Young [national], KOR
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Right (fie, 27 Apr 2010)
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2005 for Republic of Korea, World Cup in Seoul, Republic of Korea (joins, 04 Aug 2012)
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A back problem forced him to withdraw from the individual event at the 2022 World Championships in Cairo, Egypt. (blog, 01 Aug 2022, 18 Jul 2022)

He injured his thigh at the 2015 World Cup event in Seoul, Republic of Korea. (chosun, 29 Mar 2015)

He sustained a finger injury at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Republic of Korea. (hankyung, 15 Oct 2014)

He injured his ankle one month before the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (kookje, 04 Aug 2012)
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He began fencing in 1996 when he was a junior high school student. (kookje, 04 Aug 2012 )
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He was encouraged by one of his friends. His physical education teacher also invited him to take up fencing because he had long arms. He thought that sabre would fit his aggressive characteristics. "Sabre was my destiny." (hani, 20 Aug 2021; hankyung, 15 Oct 2014)
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To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (wkorea, 21 Sep 2021)
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Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. (hankyung, 15 Oct 2014)
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His father. (blog, 18 Jul 2022)
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He has three superstitions on competition day. He wears blue underwear, positions his sword towards his opponent, and has a ritual with his water bottle lids. (heraldpop, 15 Sep 2021)
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"It's not a sword fight, it's a foot fight." (mk, 22 Apr 2021)
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In 2022 he was presented with the Best Athlete Award in the competition category at the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee Sports Awards. (spotvnews, 02 Mar 2022)

In 2018 and 2021 he was named Male Fencer of the Year by the Korean Fencing Federation. (joongboo, 16 Mar 2022; jndn, 20 Dec 2018)

In 2016 he was presented with the Order of Sports Merit Cheongnyong [Blue Dragon] Medal by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea. (sports, 14 Oct 2016)

Additional Information

General
RETURN FROM RETIREMENT
He announced his retirement from the national team after the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, and began working as a coach for the Korean Sports Promotion Foundation. However, he decided to return to international competition the following year. "I thought that I accomplished everything as a fencer after the 2018 Asian Games. However, I was then haunted by feelings of emptiness. Therefore, I decided to return to competition while I was still able to show my abilities for at least one more year. Although the 2020 Olympics was my ultimate goal, due to the postponement, there will then only be one year to go until the 2022 Asian Games. If I can get a result in Hangzhou, why not aim for the 2024 Olympic Games? My wife told me she has already finished packing to go to Paris." (wkorea, 21 Sep 2021; mk, 22 Apr 2021; mdonga, 15 Apr 2020; yna, 29 Apr 2019)

SANCTION
He was suspended from all competitions for one year after he tested positive for the banned substance hydrochlorothiazide at the 2005 World Cup event in Seoul, Republic of Korea. He argued unsuccessfully that the positive test was a result of sleeping pills he had taken to treat insomnia. "I was going to quit the sport, and travel to other countries. But my father, who passed away in 2009, kept persuading me to carry on." (Central European Journal of Sport Sciences and Medicine Vol, 2016, 07 Jun 2017; joins, 04 Aug 2012; donga, 25 May 2007)

Legend
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Gold Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event