Kim Ji-yeon (fencer)
{{Short description|South Korean fencer (born 1988)}}
{{family name hatnote|Kim||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox fencer
| name = Kim Ji-yeon
김지연
| fullname =
| image = Kim Ji-yeon 2014 Orleans Sabre Grand Prix t151932.jpg
| caption = Kim in 2014
| country = {{KOR}}
| residence =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|3|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Busan, South Korea
| height = 1.65 m
| weight = 57 kg
| weapon = Sabre
| hand = left-handed
| natlcoach = Han Joo-yeol
| club = Iksan City Government
| headcoach = Lee Soo-geun
| retired =
| natlteam = 2009–present
| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/18881 current ranking]
| domesticranking=
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|2012 London|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Leipzig|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2013 Budapest|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Wuxi|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Budapest|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Incheon|Team sabre}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Jakarta|Team sabre}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Incheon|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Jakarta|Individual}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Seoul|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Wakayama|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Shanghai|Individual}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Shanghai|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Suwon|Individual}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Singapore|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Hong Kong|Individual}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Bangkok|Individual}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Suwon|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Wuxi|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Hong Kong|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Bangkok|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Singapore|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 Wuxi|Individual}}
{{MedalCompetition|Universiade}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Kazan|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Kazan|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2011 Shenzhen|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2011 Shenzhen|Team}}
}}
Kim Ji-yeon ({{Korean|hangul=김지연}}; {{IPA|ko|kim.dʑi.jʌn}} or {{IPA|ko|kim|}} {{IPA|ko|tɕi.jʌn|}}; born 12 March 1988) is a South Korean left-handed sabre fencer.{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/athletes/18881 |access-date=4 December 2021 |website=FIE.org}}
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,{{cite web |url=http://www.clicksports.com.br/gp-de-orleans-franca-10-e-11022012-sabre-feminino/2/ |title=GP de Órleans (França) – 10 e 11/02/2012 (Sabre Feminino) |publisher=ClickSports |date=20 February 2012 |access-date=4 August 2012 |language=pt |archive-date=27 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727115303/http://www.clicksports.com.br/gp-de-orleans-franca-10-e-11022012-sabre-feminino/2/ |url-status=dead}} her first international tournament of the 2012 season. Next month, Kim reached her first individual sabre final at the Antalya World Cup in Turkey.{{cite web |url=http://en.sport.ukrinform.ua/news/400/p52666/?SECTION_ID=400&ID=52666%2F&PAGEN_4=8 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419124133/http://en.sport.ukrinform.ua/news/400/p52666/?SECTION_ID=400&ID=52666/&PAGEN_4=8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2013 |title=Ukrainian fencer Kharlan wins gold medal at Antalya World Cup |publisher=Ukrinform |date=12 March 2012 |access-date=4 August 2012}}
In May 2012, Kim became a semi-finalist at the Bologna World Cup in Italy{{cite web |url=http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_05_06/73942967/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130417115948/http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_05_06/73942967/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2013 |title=Velikaya wins world saber fencing title |publisher=Voice of Russia |date=6 May 2012 |access-date=4 August 2012}} and the Tianjin Grand Prix in China{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/fencing/zagunis-regains-no-1-spot-with-grand-prix-gold.html?chrcontext=beyond-possibilities |title=Zagunis regains No. 1 spot with Grand Prix gold |publisher=NBC Sports |date=21 May 2012 |access-date=4 August 2012 |archive-date=21 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221171907/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/fencing/zagunis-regains-no-1-spot-with-grand-prix-gold.html?chrcontext=beyond-possibilities |url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20120803-363103.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815213919/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20120803-363103.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 15, 2012 |title=Kim rises from underdog to champ |publisher=AsiaOne |date=3 August 2012 |access-date=4 August 2012}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/fencing/korea/olympics/result/result-kim-jiyeon-wins-gold-in-individual-sabre_37671.html |title=Result: South Korea's Kim Jiyeon wins individual sabre final |publisher=Sports Mole |date=1 August 2012 |access-date=5 August 2012}}
Medal record
= Olympic Games =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Year ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |
| 2012
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GBR}} London, United Kingdom |Individual Women's Sabre |
| 2021
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan |Team Women's Sabre | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/competitions/2021/251 |access-date=4 December 2021 |website=FIE.org}} |
= World Championship =
= Asian Championship =
= Grand Prix =
= World Cup =
References
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External links
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- {{FIE}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com|jiyeon-kim}}
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/9132a384-1ab0-48c0-8a76-ed607c6f2206 Kim Ji-yeon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804023721/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/9132a384-1ab0-48c0-8a76-ed607c6f2206 |date=2012-08-04 }} at BBC Sport 2012 Olympics
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161221172255/http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=kim-jiyeon-1099390/index.html?etx=video Kim Ji-yeon] at NBC Olympics (archived)
- {{2014 Asian Games profile|5123154}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Fencing Individual Sabre Women}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Ji-yeon}}
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