Jeon Hee-sook

Korean spelling
Hangeul	전희숙
Hanja	全 希 叔
Revised Romanization	Jeon Hui-suk
McCune- Reischauer	Chon Haisuk
See also : Korean name

Jeon Hee-Sook (2012)

Jeon Hee-sook (born June 16, 1984 in Seoul ) is a South Korean foil fencer .

Career

Jeon landed his first international success in April 2004 with a seventh place in the individual competition of the Junior World Championship in Plovdiv . In 2006 she won bronze with the team at the World Championships in Turin . In 2009 she won the silver medal at the World Championships in Antalya , in the final she lost to Russian Aida Schanajewa in sudden death . In 2010 the team won bronze at the World Championships in Paris , as well as in 2011 at the World Championships in Catania . In 2012 at the Olympic Games in London , Jeon Hee-sook achieved bronze with the team, in the foil individual she finished 20th. In 2013 she became the individual Asian champion in Shanghai . In 2018 she won the gold medal at the Asian Games in Jakarta , where she beat Chinese Fu Yiting 8: 3 in the final .

Web links

Commons : Jeon Hee-sook  - collection of images

• Hee Sook Jeon - Rankings and Results in the database of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (English / French)
• Jeon Hui-Suk in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Jeon is the family name here, Hee-sook is the first name.