Personal Information
Residence
Seoul, KOR
Occupation
Athlete
Languages
Korean
License number
31051988001
Club
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport?
He began fencing in grade eight at middle school.
Why this sport?
His mother suggested the sport to him.
Club / Team
Gyeonggi Gwangju City Hall: Korea
Name of coach
Kim Jae-Kyung [club], KOR; Kim Byung-Soo [national], KOR
Handedness
Right
General Interest
Nicknames
Male Hyun Hee-Nam [because the two fencers have similar styles]. (mydaily.co.kr, 23 Sep 2014)
Memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold in team foil at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (Videomug YouTube channel, 25 Aug 2018)
Hero / Idol
Japanese fencer Yuki Ota. (blog.naver.com, 22 Dec 2015)
Injuries
He required surgery in January 2015 after damaging the cartilage in his left knee. (blog.naver.com, 22 Dec 2015; Facebook profile, 22 Jan 2015)
He damaged his hamstring two weeks before the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The injury affected him in the individual final at the event. (donga.com, 23 Sep 2014)
A wrist injury caused him to pull out of the team event at the 2013 Asian Championships in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. (chosun.com, 08 Jun 2013)
He experienced persistent pain in the heel of his right foot while he was a university student. (dt.co.kr, 23 Sep 2014)
Awards and honours
In 2018 he was given an Excellence Award by the Korean Fencing Federation. (/news.sbs.co.kr, 19 Dec 2018)
He received the Best Athlete Award at the 2016 Gyeonggi Province Athletics Awards in the Republic of Korea. (pedien.com, 21 Dec 2016)