KIM Jiyeon

Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: 12 Mar 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: BUSAN

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Fencing	Women's Sabre Individual	10
	Women's Sabre Team KOR Republic of Korea	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Red Piste	Women's Sabre Individual Table of 32 #45 EGY HAFEZ NHAFEZ Nada 4 KOR KIM JKIM Jiyeon 15	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Red Piste	Women's Sabre Individual Table of 16 #55 KOR KIM JKIM Jiyeon 12 USA ZAGUNIS MZAGUNIS Mariel 15	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Yellow Piste	Women's Sabre Team Quarterfinal 2 #10 HUN Hungary 40 KOR Republic of Korea 45	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Yellow Piste	Women's Sabre Team Semifinal 1 #15 ROC ROC 45 KOR Republic of Korea 26	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Final Piste	Women's Sabre Team Bronze Medal Match #19 KOR Republic of Korea 45 ITA Italy 42	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	11	5
2012	London, GBR	1	-

World Championships

Year	Location	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	17	3
2018	Wuxi, CHN	34	3
2017	Leipzig, GER	19	2
2015	Moscow, RUS	19	7
2014	Kazan, RUS	33	7
2013	Budapest, HUN	3	6
2011	Catania, ITA	17	10

Asian Games

Year	Location	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2018	Indonesia	3	1

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2019	Tokyo, JPN	3	2
2018	Bangkok, THA	1	2
2017	Hong Kong, CHN	1	2

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2020/2021	1 x 10th	1 x 3rd
2019/2020	1 x 5th, 1 x 10th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 6th
2018/2019	1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th, 2 x 6th	1 x 3rd, 2 x 6th, 1 x 8th
2017/2018	1 x 6th, 1 x 17th, 1 x 33rd	1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 7th
2016/2017	2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 18th	2 x 2nd, 1 x 5th, 1 x 9th

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Sabre Individual
2019/2020	1 x 17th
2018/2019	1 x 2nd, 1 x 9th, 1 x 18th
2017/2018	1 x 3rd, 1 x 7th, 1 x 17th
2016/2017	1 x 3rd, 1 x 6th, 1 x 9th

World Cup & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2016/2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
2	2019/2020	Sabre Team	World Cup	Orleans, FRA
2	2018/2019	Sabre Individual	Grand Prix	Seoul, KOR
2	2017/2018	Sabre Team	World Cup	Athens, GRE
2	2016/2017	Sabre Individual	World Cup	New York, NY, USA
2	2016/2017	Sabre Individual	World Cup	Orleans, FRA
2	2016/2017	Sabre Team	World Cup	Athens, GRE
2	2016/2017	Sabre Team	World Cup	New York, NY, USA
3	2020/2021	Sabre Team	World Cup	Budapest, HUN
3	2018/2019	Sabre Individual	World Cup	Athens, GRE
3	2018/2019	Sabre Team	World Cup	Tunis, TUN
3	2017/2018	Sabre Individual	Grand Prix	Moscow, RUS
3	2017/2018	Sabre Team	World Cup	Baltimore, MD, USA
3	2017/2018	Sabre Team	World Cup	Sint-Niklaas, BEL
3	2016/2017	Sabre Individual	Grand Prix	Cancun, MEX
3	2016/2017	Sabre Individual	World Cup	Athens, GRE

The Fencing Beauty (newsis.com, 01 Jan 2021)

Blogging, mountain climbing. (Instagram profile, 05 Oct 2020; Naver blog, 29 May 2020)

Occupation:

Health Studies, Sport Studies - Wonkwang University, Iksan, KOR

Husband Lee Dong-Jin [2017]

Languages spoken:

Seoul Metropolitan Government [Republic of Korea]

Han Joo-Yeol [national], KOR; Cho Jong-Hyung [club], JPN

Left (fie.ch, 27 Oct 2010)

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Lee Dong-Jin has worked as an actor in the Republic of Korea. (isplus.live.joins.com, 09 Mar 2020; Lee Dong-Jin Instagram profile, 29 May 2019; huffingtonpost.kr, 22 Sep 2017)

In February 2020 she underwent surgery for an injury to her left Achilles tendon. (news.kmib.co.kr 27 Jan 2021; Lee Dong-Jin Instagram profile, 21 Mar 2020, 20 Mar 2020)

She sustained an injury to her pelvis in 2015. She was troubled by the injury again during her semifinal bout in individual sabre at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (news.joins.com, 19 Apr 2018; gnnews.co.kr, 14 Jan 2016)

She began fencing when she was a middle school student in Busan, Republic of Korea. (hankookilbo.com, 23 Sep 2014; news1.kr, 16 May 2013)

Her physical education teacher in middle school encouraged her to try fencing. She switched from foil to sabre after entering high school as coach Lee Su-Geun suggested that her style would work well in sabre. "I'm quite energetic, so I was happy with the switch to an event which is dynamic." (news.kmib.co.kr, 27 Jan 2021; hankyung.com, 27 Aug 2012)

To win individual and team gold in sabre at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (news.kmib.co.kr 27 Jan 2021; yna.co.kr, 05 Oct 2019)

Her husband Lee Dong-Jin. (yna.co.kr, 15 Oct 2019)

Philosophy:

"Don't give up. Knock on the right doors. You can always get to where you want to be." (inews24.com, 31 Oct 2014)

In 2019 she was presented with the Order of Sports Merit Cheongnyong [Blue Dragon] Medal in the Republic of Korea. (todayan.com, 15 Oct 2019)

She participated as a torch bearer in the torch relay ahead of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (imnews.imbc.com, 20 Dec 2017)

In 2016 she was named Female Fencer of the Year by the Korean Fencing Federation and, in 2011, she was named Fencer of the Year by the Korean Fencing Federation. (sports.khan.co.kr, 20 Dec 2016; sjbnews.com, 14 Feb 2012)

She received the Athlete of the Year award at the 2013 Jeonbuk Athletic Awards Ceremony and, in 2012, she won the Yungok Women's Sports Award. (news-y.co.kr, 23 Dec 2013; naver.com, 10 Dec 2012)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
She considered retiring from international competition after winning bronze in individual sabre and gold in team sabre at the 2018 Asian Games In Indonesia. "I thought that it would be good timing to wrap up my sporting career. However, when I took a one-month break after the 2018 Asian Games, I realised that I still felt an attachment to the sport. At that time, my husband also told me that I had to continue competing. I want to make up for the mistake that I made at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro [where she lost in the round of 16] at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, which will be my last Olympics." (SportsDeskOnline, 06 May 2021; news.kmib.co.kr 27 Jan 2021; newsis.com, 01 Jan 2021)

Milestones

She became the first female fencer representing the Republic of Korea to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games, when she claimed victory in individual sabre at the 2012 Games in London. (SportsDeskOnline, 19 Jun 2018; news1.kr, 16 May 2013)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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