Kim Jun-ho (fencer)

Kim Jun-ho
Personal information
Born (1994-05-26) 26 May 1994 (age 30)
Hwaseong, South Korea
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
WeaponSabre
Handright-handed
ClubHwaseong City Hall
Head coachYang Dal-sik
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's sabre
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Leipzig Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wuxi Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Milan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Wuxi Individual
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Wuxi Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Hong Kong Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Chiba Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Seoul Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Hong Kong Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Bangkok Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Bangkok Team
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Team
Kim Jun-ho
Hangul
김준호
Hanja
金準鎬
Revised RomanizationGim Jun-ho
McCune–ReischauerKim Jun-ho

Kim Jun-ho (born 26 May 1994) is a South Korean right-handed sabre fencer, three-time team Asian champion, three-time team world champion, and 2021 team Olympic champion.[1]

Early life

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Kim had been a football player throughout elementary school and was introduced to fencing in middle school. He enrolled at Dong-Eui University as it was one of the few universities which had a fencing team.[2]

Career

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Kim made the senior national team for the 2014–15 season. He took silver in the 2016 Warsaw competition of the 2015–16 Fencing World Cup, narrowly losing to compatriot Gu Bon-gil, and was also part of the team — along with Gu, Kim Jung-hwan and Oh Sang-uk — which won gold in the men's team sabre at the 2016 Asian Fencing Championships.[3] However, there was no men's team sabre at the 2016 Summer Olympics due to the now-abolished rotation policy and he and Oh were not ranked high enough to qualify for the individual event. Unusual for professional athletes, Kim decided to enlist early rather than apply for a postponement and was assigned to the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps. While a member of the Corps, he led the men's sabre team to win the President's National Fencing Championships, the main domestic fencing competition, beating Korea National Sport University.[4][5]

In 2018 Kim was part of the team which swept gold in the team sabre event at both the World Championships and the Asian Games.[6][7] He was scheduled to be discharged in October but was granted an early discharge; participating athletes who won gold and had yet to complete their military service were granted exemptions but since Kim had already enlisted, he was discharged earlier than scheduled.[8][9]

With the retirement of Kim Jung-hwan, Ha Han-sol joined the team and they won gold in the men's team sabre event at the 2019 World Fencing Championships. In the individual event, he made it to the Round of 32 where he was defeated by András Szatmári. He also won bronze at the Cairo Grand Prix, having been defeated by Oh in the quarter-final.[10]

Kim was reunited with his teammates from the 2018 Asian Games and World Championships after Kim Jung-hwan came out of retirement and they qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[11] He was the designated substitute for the team and did not compete in the individual event as Kim Jung-hwan's higher individual FIE ranking meant that the latter entered the individual event instead. Despite the postponement of the Olympics, the quartet successfully defended the men's team sabre gold medal.[12][13]

Kim was part of the team which won gold at both the 2022 Asian Championships and World Championships. He had a disappointing run in the individual events, having been knocked before the quarterfinal stages in both competitions as well as the Grand Prix competitions.[14]

Medal record

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Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Sabre 1st[15]

World Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2017 Germany Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Sabre 1st[16]
2018 China Wuxi, China Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[17]
2018 China Wuxi, China Team Men's Sabre 1st[18]
2019 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Sabre 1st[19]
2022 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Team Men's Sabre 1st[20]

Asian Games

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Year Location Event Position
2018 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia Team Men's Sabre 1st[21]

Asian Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2016 China Wuxi, China Team Men's Sabre 1st[22]
2017 Hong Kong Hong Kong, China Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[23]
2017 Hong Kong Hong Kong, China Team Men's Sabre 1st[24]
2018 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[25]
2018 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Team Men's Sabre 3rd[26]
2019 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Sabre 1st[27]
2022 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Team Men's Sabre 1st[28][29]

Grand Prix

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Date Location Event Position
22 February 2019 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[30]

World Cup

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Date Location Event Position
2016-02-19 Poland Warsaw, Poland Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[31]
2019-10-05 Spain Madrid, Spain Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[32]
2020-03-08 Luxembourg Luxembourg Team Men's Sabre 1th[33]
2022-01-17 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Team Men's Sabre 1st[34]
2022-05-08 Spain Madrid, Spain 1st[35]
2023-03-04 Italy Padua, Italy Team Men's Sabre 3rd[36][37]

Personal life

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In 2018, Kim married his girlfriend Yoo Jung-hyeon.[38] He appeared on The Return of Superman with their son Eun-woo (born October 22, 2021).[39] In a November 2022 episode of The Return of Superman, the couple announced that they were expecting their second child. Their younger son Jeong-woo was born on May 2, 2023.[40]

In August 2021, Kim signed with Haewadal Entertainment.[41]

Filmography

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Television series

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2022 Twenty-Five Twenty-One Kim Jun-ho Cameo (Episode 13) [42][43]

Television shows

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2021–present Let's Play Soccer Cast Member Season 2 [44]
2022–present The Return of Superman Cast Member Ep 444–present

Honours

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Other

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References

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  2. ^ "동의대 출신 구본길, 김준호 선수 펜싱 세계선수권 단체전 3연패" (in Korean). Dong-Eui University. 23 July 2019.
  3. ^ "구본길, 펜싱 월드컵 우승…김준호 준우승". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 21 February 2016.
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  7. ^ "잠 못 이룰 정도로 부담 컸던 구본길, 오상욱과 약속 지켰다". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 23 August 2018.
  8. ^ "용선 '빌린 배' 레이스… 단일팀, 단결력도 금메달". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 4 September 2018.
  9. ^ "금메달 49개 딴 한국, 병역 특례 대상자는 42명" (in Korean). Edaily [ko]. 5 September 2018.
  10. ^ "오상욱, 펜싱 카이로 그랑프리 사브르 우승…김준호 동메달". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 24 February 2019.
  11. ^ "[그래픽] 도쿄올림픽 메달리스트 – 펜싱 김정환 오상욱 구본길 김준호". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 28 July 2021.
  12. ^ "팀보다 위대한 건 없다, 한국 펜싱 남자 사브르 올림픽 2연패". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 28 July 2021.
  13. ^ "해외팬 더 많은 펜싱 어벤저스... 올림픽 단체 2연속 금 찔렀다". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 28 July 2021.
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  15. ^ IOC. "Tokyo 2020 Men's Sabre Team Results – Olympic fencing". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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  20. ^ "List of results – Championnat du monde". fie.org. FIE. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  21. ^ "Men's Sabre team – Fencing Jakarta 2018 Asian Games". olympiandatabase.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
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  28. ^ "펜싱 남자 사브르·여자 에페, 일본 꺾고 '금'" (in Korean). etoday.co.kr. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  29. ^ ""제대로 이겨보자" 어펜져스, 日에 금빛 찌르기(종합)" (in Korean). Newsis. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  30. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  31. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  32. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  33. ^ "Results – Final ranking". fie.org. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  34. ^ "Men's sabre team take gold at Fencing World Cup". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  35. ^ "Coupe du Monde par équipes Sable masculino Madrid 8 mayo 2022". engarde-service.com (in French). Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  36. ^ "Coupe du Monde par équipes-results". fie.org. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  37. ^ "COUPE DU MONDE PAR ÉQUIPES (PADUA)-entries". fie.org. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  38. ^ Kwon Hyuk-jin (8 December 2018). "얼짱' 펜싱 AG 금메달리스트 김준호, 23일 화촉" ['Fencing AG gold medalist, 23 days]. Newsis (in Korean). Retrieved 18 August 2021 – via Naver.
  39. ^ Lee Yoo-na (2 December 2021). "'펜싱 金' 김준호 아빠 됐다 "아들, 펜싱보다 축구선수로 키우고파"(뭉찬2)" [Fencing gold' Kim Jun-ho became a father "I want my son to be a soccer player rather than fencer" (Let's Play Soccer 2)] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Retrieved 2 December 2021 – via Naver.
  40. ^ Jang Ah-reum (17 November 2022). "슈돌' 김준호, 둘째 생겼다 "태명은 은동이…아들도 딸도 좋아" [The Return of Superman 'Kim Jun-ho, has a second child "Nickname is Eundong...a son or daughter is fine]. News1 (in Korean). Retrieved 17 November 2022 – via Naver.
  41. ^ Lee Da-gyeom (17 August 2021). "펜싱 김준호, 해와달엔터와 전속계약...하지원과 한솥밥" [Fencing Jun-ho Kim, exclusive contract with Haewadal Entertainment...sharing the same 'rice bowl' as Ha Ji-won]. Maeil Business News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  42. ^ Jang Woo-young (24 March 2022). "스물다섯 스물하나' 남주혁 "난 백이진, 쟨 오빠?"…김태리 질투 폭발" [Twenty-five Twenty One' Nam Joo-hyuk "I'm Baek I-jin, Jja-oppa?"... Kim Tae-ri Jealousy Explosion] (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved 24 March 2022 – via Naver.
  43. ^ Park Soo-in (28 March 2022). "펜싱 국대 김준호 '2521' 특별출연 "김태리 도움으로 즐겁게 연기" [Fencing National University Kim Jun-ho's '2521' Special Appearance "Enjoyable acting with the help of Kim Tae-ri] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved 28 March 2022 – via Naver.
  44. ^ Seo Yu-na (11 October 2021). "김준호 안드레진→이대훈 '뭉찬2' 합류, 박정우 부상 재발로 최종 탈락[어제TV]" [Kim Jun-ho Andre-jin → Lee Dae-hoon joins 'Mungchan 2', and Park Jung-woo is finally eliminated due to a recurring injury [Yesterday TV]] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved 11 October 2021 – via Naver.
  45. ^ Kim Na-young (24 December 2022). "장도연, 잔나비X펜싱선수 김준호와 인기상 수상…100초 CM송 등장[KBS 연예대상]" [Jang Do-yeon, Jannabi X fencing player Kim Jun-ho and Popularity Award… Appeared in 100 second CM song [KBS Entertainment Awards]] (in Korean). MK Sports. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via Naver.
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