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, 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist, and 2016 individual Olympic champion.[1]
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Born | (1995-10-16) 16 October 1995 (age 26) Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weapon | Épée | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hand | right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Ulsan Metropolitan City Hall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hangul | 박상영 |
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Hanja | 朴相泳 |
Revised Romanization | Bak Sang-yeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak Sangyŏng |
Park was introduced to fencing in middle school. He nearly had to give up the sport as his family could not afford the expensive equipment but financial aid from a non-profit charity and his admission into Gyeongnam Physical Education High School, a public school, allowed him to continue to fencing.[2][3][4] During his first year in high school, he won first place in the individual épée category at the national high school championships.[4]
Park was junior world champion in Moscow in 2012, becoming the first South Korean male junior fencer to win a medal in the épée event.[5][4] He qualified for the senior national team in 2013 by winning the national championship, a rarity for a high school student as fencers generally competed at collegiate level before making the step up. Dubbed a "monster rookie", he made headlines by narrowly defeating veterans Kweon Young-jun and Jung Jin-sun.[4][6]
Park joined the senior category in the 2013–14 season, during which he won the 2014 Doha Grand Prix and the 2014 Berne Grand Prix.[7] 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,[8] as well as a silver medal at the 2014 World Fencing Championships.[9] He finished the season world no.3.[1]
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.[10] The injury prevented him from taking part in the 2015 Asian Championships and the World Championships. He returned to competition a year later, winning a bronze medal in the Vancouver world cup in February 2016.[11]
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2016 | ![]() |
Individual Men's Épée | 1st[12] |
2021 | ![]() |
Team Men's Épée | 3rd[13] |
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2014 | ![]() |
Team Men's Épée | 2nd[14] |
2018 | ![]() |
Team Men's Épée | 2nd[15] |
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2014 | ![]() |
Team Men's Épée | 1st[16] |
2016 | ![]() |
Individual Men's Épée | 2nd[17] |
2016 | ![]() |
Team Men's Épée | 2nd[18] |
2017 | ![]() |
Team Men's Épée | 1st[19] |
2019 | ![]() |
Team Men's Épée | 2nd[20] |
Date | Location | Event | Position |
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01/16/2014 | ![]() |
Individual Men's Épée | 1st[21] |
05/10/2014 | ![]() |
Individual Men's Épée | 1st[22] |
12/08/2017 | ![]() |
Individual Men's Épée | 1st[23] |
05/25/2018 | ![]() |
Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[24] |
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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02/12/2016 | ![]() |
Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[25] |
11/18/2016 | ![]() |
Individual Men's Épée | 1st[26] |
10/27/2017 | ![]() |
Individual Men's Épée | 1st[27] |
05/17/2019 | ![]() |
Individual Men's Épée | 1st[28] |
01/09/2020 | ![]() |
Individual Men's Épée | 2nd[29] |
Park is a graduate of Korea National Sport University.[30][31] One of his contemporaries at university was pentathlete Jun Woong-tae, his close friend.[32][33]
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