Kim Ji-yeon

Kim Ji-yeon (Hangul: 김지연; Korean pronunciation: [kim.dʑi.jʌn] or [kim] [tɕi.jʌn]; born 12 March 1988) is a South Korean left-handed sabre fencer.[1]

For other people named Kim Ji-yeon, see Kim Ji-yeon (disambiguation).
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Ji-yeon
김지연
Personal information
Born (1988-03-12) 12 March 1988
Busan, South Korea
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country South Korea
SportFencing
WeaponSabre
Handleft-handed
Years on national team2009–present
National coachHan Joo-yeol
ClubIksan City Government
Head coachLee Soo-geun
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 LeipzigTeam
Bronze medal – third place2013 BudapestIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2018 WuxiTeam
Bronze medal – third place2019 BudapestTeam
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2014 IncheonTeam sabre
Gold medal – first place2018 JakartaTeam sabre
Silver medal – second place2014 IncheonIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2018 JakartaIndividual
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 SeoulTeam
Gold medal – first place2012 WakayamaTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 ShanghaiIndividual
Gold medal – first place2013 ShanghaiTeam
Gold medal – first place2014 SuwonIndividual
Gold medal – first place2015 SingaporeTeam
Gold medal – first place2017 Hong KongIndividual
Gold medal – first place2018 BangkokIndividual
Silver medal – second place2014 SuwonTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 WuxiTeam
Silver medal – second place2017 Hong KongTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 BangkokTeam
Bronze medal – third place2015 SingaporeIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2016 WuxiIndividual
Universiade
Gold medal – first place2013 KazanTeam
Silver medal – second place2013 KazanIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2011 ShenzhenIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2011 ShenzhenTeam

Kim is a five-time team Asian champion and four-time individual Asian champion.

A three-time Olympian, Kim is a 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist and 2012 individual Olympic champion.

Kim is the first South Korean woman to win an Olympic gold medal in fencing and the second South Korean to win any Olympic medal in fencing after Nam Hyun-hee's silver medal in individual women's foil at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. She is also the second South Korean fencer to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games, after Kim Young-ho's gold medal in individual men's foil at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

Biography

Kim began fencing at age 13 as a foil fencer, but converted to sabre in high school at age 16 in 2004.

Although she first became a member of the South Korean national fencing team at the age of 18 in 2006, Kim was often overshadowed by fellow sabre fencers Kim Hye-lim, Lee Shin-mi and Kim Keum-hwa, omitted from the final national squad before becoming a fixture in the 2011 season.

Kim began to garner international attention at the 2011 Summer Universiade where she won the bronze medal in the women's individual sabre fencing. In the semifinals, Kim lost to two-time European champion and eventual gold medalist Olha Kharlan of Ukraine 15-10. She accumulated another bronze medal in the women's team sabre as a member of Team South Korea. Kim finished the 2011 season as her first full-time member of the national team, and her FIE ranking rose from 174 to 11.

In February 2012, Kim reached the semifinals at the Orléans Grand Prix,[2] her first international tournament of the 2012 season. Next month, Kim reached her first individual sabre final at the Antalya World Cup in Turkey.[3] In May 2012, Kim became a semi-finalist at the Bologna World Cup in Italy[4] and the Tianjin Grand Prix in China[5] in a row. Her success in these tournaments increased her FIE ranking to 5th before the start of the 2012 Olympics.

2012 Olympics

Kim competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London capturing the gold medal in the women's individual sabre event. This was South Korea's second Olympic gold medal in fencing, Kim Young-ho having won the men's foil Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Kim reached the final when she defeated two-time Olympic individual sabre champion Mariel Zagunis 15–13 in the semifinal match. Largely regarded as the underdog by both competitors and her teammates, she came back from a 12–5 deficit against Zagunis to advance into the finals.[6]

Kim beat Russia's Sofya Velikaya, the reigning world champion, 15–9 in the gold medal match. Kim asserted her dominance early in the contest, with her opponent having little say in the outcome of the first period with an 8–5 triumph for Kim. Velikaya struggled to recover from the setback and the second period followed in much the same way as the first as Kim won 7–4 to win the gold medal.[7]

Medal Record

Olympic Games
Year Location Event Position
2012 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom Individual Women's Sabre 1st[8]
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Women's Sabre 3rd[9]

World Championship
Year Location Event Position
2013 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[10]
2017 Germany Leipzig, Germany Team Women's Sabre 2nd[11]
2018 China Wuxi, China Team Women's Sabre 3rd[12]
2019 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team Women's Sabre 3rd[13]

Asian Championship
Year Location Event Position
2011 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Team Women's Sabre 1st[14]
2012 Japan Wakayama, Japan Team Women's Sabre 1st[15]
2013 China Shanghai, China Individual Women's Sabre 1st[16]
2013 China Shanghai, China Team Women's Sabre 1st[17]
2014 South Korea Suwon, South Korea Individual Women's Sabre 1st[18]
2014 South Korea Suwon, South Korea Team Women's Sabre 2nd[19]
2015 Singapore Singapore Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[20]
2015 Singapore Singapore Team Women's Sabre 1st[21]
2016 China Wuxi, China Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[22]
2016 China Wuxi, China Team Women's Sabre 2nd[23]
2017 Hong Kong Hong Kong, China Individual Women's Sabre 1st[24]
2017 Hong Kong Hong Kong, China Team Women's Sabre 2nd[25]
2018 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Individual Women's Sabre 1st[26]
2018 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Team Women's Sabre 2nd[27]
2019 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[28]
2019 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Women's Sabre 2nd[29]
2022 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Team Women's Sabre 1st[30]

Grand Prix
Date Location Event Position
2011-03-26 Russia Moscow, Russia Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[31]
2012-02-10 France Orléans, France Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[32]
2012-05-19 China Tianjin, China Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[33]
2013-05-25 China Tianjin, China Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[34]
2014-01-31 France Orléans, France Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[35]
2014-05-24 China Beijing, China Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[36]
2016-12-16 Mexico Cancún, Mexico Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[37]
2018-05-12 Russia Moscow, Russia Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[38]
2019-04-26 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[39]

World Cup
Date Location Event Position
2012-03-09 Turkey Antalya, Turkey Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[40]
2012-05-04 Italy Bologna, Italy Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[41]
2013-03-15 Turkey Antalya, Turkey Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[42]
2013-05-03 United States Chicago, Illinois Individual Women's Sabre 1st[43]
2016-02-19 Belgium Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[44]
2016-05-13 China Foshan, China Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[45]
2016-11-18 France Orléans, France Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[46]
2017-01-27 United States New York, New York Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[47]
2017-02-17 Greece Athens, Greece Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[48]
2019-03-08 Greece Athens, Greece Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[49]

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