Kim Seung-gu

Kim Seung-gu
Personal information
Nationality  South Korea
Born (1981-05-20) 20 May 1981
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event(s) Épée
Korean name
Hangul 김승구
Revised Romanization Gim Seunggu
McCune–Reischauer Kim Sŭnggu

Kim Seung-gu (Hangul: 김승구 ; born May 20, 1981) is a South Korean épée fencer.[1] He won two medals (one gold and one silver), as a member of the South Korean fencing team, at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.[2]

Kim represented South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two épée events. For his first event, the men's individual épée, Kim defeated South Africa's Sello Maduma in the first preliminary round, before losing out his next match to Hungary's Géza Imre, with a sudden death score of 14–15.[3] Few days later, he joined with his fellow fencers and teammates Jung Jin-sun and Kim Won-jin, for the men's team épée. Kim and his team, however, lost the seventh place match to the Ukrainian team (led by Dmytro Chumak), with a total score of 39 touches.[4]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Kim Seung-gu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  2. "China's Wang Lei snatches men's individual epee gold at Asiad". 2006 Doha Asiad. Xinhua News Agency. 11 December 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  3. "Men's Individual Épée – Round of 32". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  4. "Men's Team Épée – Placement 7–8 Official". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
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