Jung Jin-sun

Jung Jin-sun
Jung Jin-sun
	At the 2014 Paris World Cup
Personal information
Born	24 January 1984 (age 40); Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Épée
Hand	right-handed
Club	Hwaseong City Hall
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championships
Asian Games
Asian Fencing Championships

Jung Jin-Sun (Korean: 정진선; Hanja: 鄭鎭善; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʌŋ.dʑin.sʌn] or [tɕʌŋ] [tɕin.sʌn]; 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.^[1]

Career

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

He made his international debut 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

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.^[2] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Medal Record

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Event	Position
2012	London, United Kingdom	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[4]

World Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2014	Kazan, Russia	Team Men's Épée	2nd^[5]
2018	Wuxi, China	Team Men's Épée	2nd^[6]

Asian Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2007	Nantong, China	Team Men's Épée	3rd^[7]
2008	Bangkok, Thailand	Team Men's Épée	1st^[8]
2011	Seoul, South Korea	Individual Men's Épée	1st^[9]
2011	Seoul, South Korea	Team Men's Épée	1st^[10]
2012	Wakayama, Japan	Individual Men's Épée	1st^[11]
2014	Suwon, South Korea	Individual Men's Épée	1st^[12]
2014	Suwon, South Korea	Team Men's Épée	1st^[13]
2016	Wuxi, China	Team Men's Épée	2nd^[14]
2017	Hong Kong, China	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[15]
2017	Hong Kong, China	Team Men's Épée	1st^[16]
2018	Bangkok, Thailand	Individual Men's Épée	1st^[17]

Grand Prix

Date	Location	Event	Position
03/11/2005	Stockholm, Sweden	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[18]
01/25/2008	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Individual Men's Épée	2nd^[19]
05/30/2008	Montreal, Canada	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[20]
03/24/2017	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	1st^[21]
12/08/2017	Doha, Qatar	Individual Men's Épée	2nd^[22]

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
03/01/2008	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[23]
06/06/2008	Caguas, Puerto Rico	Individual Men's Épée	1st^[24]
06/14/2008	Cali, Colombia	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[25]
01/25/2013	Legnano, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[26]
01/24/2014	Legnano, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	1st^[27]
05/02/2014	Paris, France	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[28]
02/13/2015	Vancouver, Canada	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[29]