Kim Ji-yeon
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Hangeul | 김지연 |
| Hanja | 金志 妍 |
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Revised Romanization |
Gim Ji-yeon |
|
McCune- Reischauer |
Kim Jiyon |
Kim Ji-yeon (born March 12, 1988 in Busan , South Korea ) is a South Korean saber fencer and Olympic champion . She fights for the Iksan City Fencing Club .
At the Summer Universiade 2011 in Shenzhen, Kim Ji-yeon won bronze in both the individual and the team. In 2011 and 2012 she was Asian champion with the South Korean team.
In 2012 at the London Olympics , Kim Ji-yeon won gold in singles. She surprisingly defeated Mariel Zagunis in the semi-finals , in the meantime she was 2: 8 behind and started a chase at 10:13, which led to the final score at 15:13. In the final, Kim Ji-yeon dominated the battle against Sofja Velikaja confidently up to 15: 9.
Kim Ji-yeon is the first South Korean woman to receive an Olympic gold medal in fencing and the second South Korean female fencer to receive an Olympic medal after Nam Hyun-hee , who won silver in 2008 with the foil. She is also the second South Korean fencer to win a gold medal in the Summer Olympics after foil fencer Kim Young-ho in 2000 .
In 2013 she was Asian champion both individually and with the team in Shanghai . She also won bronze in singles at the World Championships in Budapest .
Web links
- Jiyeon Kim - Rankings and Results in the database of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (English / French)
- Kim Ji-Yeon in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ saber individual women results - Fencing - London 2012 Olympics. In: olympic.org. Retrieved February 25, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kim, Ji-yeon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 김지연 (Korean, Hangeul); 金志 妍 (Korean, Hanja); Gim, Ji-yeon (Revised Romanization); Kim, Jiyǒn (McCune-Reischauer) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean saber fencer and Olympic champion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Busan , South Korea |