CHOI Sooyeon

Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: 23 Nov 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Place of residence : ANSAN

Residence 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	14
	Women's Sabre Team KOR Republic of Korea	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Green Piste	Women's Sabre Individual Table of 32 #43 FRA BERDER CBERDER Cecilia 11 KOR CHOI SCHOI Sooyeon 15	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Green Piste	Women's Sabre Individual Table of 16 #54 KOR CHOI SCHOI Sooyeon 12 HUN MARTON AMARTON Anna 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

World Championships

Year	Location	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	11	3
2018	Wuxi, CHN	26	3

Asian Games

Year	Location	Sabre Team
2018	Indonesia	1

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2019	Tokyo, JPN	16	2
2018	Bangkok, THA	3	2

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

Year	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2020/2021	1 x 28th	1 x 3rd
2019/2020	1 x 20th, 1 x 22nd, 1 x 27th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 5th, 1 x 6th
2018/2019	1 x 19th, 1 x 20th, 1 x 21st	1 x 3rd, 2 x 6th, 1 x 7th
2017/2018	1 x 6th, 2 x 27th, 1 x 28th	1 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd, 1 x 7th

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

Year	Sabre Individual
2019/2020	1 x 19th
2018/2019	1 x 2nd, 1 x 12th, 1 x 36th
2017/2018	1 x 6th, 1 x 23rd, 1 x 39th
2016/2017	1 x 16th, 1 x 50th

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	Cairo, EGY
2	2017/2018	Sabre Team	World Cup	Athens, GRE
3	2020/2021	Sabre Team	World Cup	Budapest, HUN
3	2018/2019	Sabre Team	World Cup	Tunis, TUN
3	2017/2018	Sabre Team	World Cup	Baltimore, MD, USA
3	2017/2018	Sabre Team	World Cup	Sint-Niklaas, BEL
3	2017/2018	Sabre Team	World Cup	Orleans, FRA
5	2019/2020	Sabre Team	World Cup	Athens, GRE
6	2019/2020	Sabre Team	World Cup	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
6	2018/2019	Sabre Team	World Cup	Athens, GRE
6	2018/2019	Sabre Team	World Cup	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
6	2017/2018	Sabre Individual	Grand Prix	Seoul, KOR
6	2017/2018	Sabre Individual	World Cup	Baltimore, MD, USA

Occupation:

Sport Management - Dongeui University, Busan, KOR

Husband Shim Sung Chan [2020]

Languages spoken:

English, Korean

Ansan City Hall [Republic of Korea]

Lee Hyun-Soo [club], KOR; Han Joo-Yeol [national], KOR

Right (fie.org, 2016)

She damaged the cruciate ligament in her left knee at the 2012 National Sports Festival in the Republic of Korea. She required an eight-month recovery period. (sccdn.chosun.com, 28 Jun 2013)

She began fencing in grade seven of middle school. (Cchannel YouTube channel, 24 Oct 2018)

One of her teachers suggested the sport to her. (Cchannel YouTube channel, 24 Oct 2018; CBS YouTube channel, 26 Aug 2015)

To compete in individual and team sabre at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (vogue.co.kr, 16 Mar 2020)

Her mother. (CBS YouTube channel, 26 Aug 2015)

Philosophy:

"Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy." (vogue.co.kr, 16 Mar 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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