Kim Seung-gu ( ; born May 20, 1981) is a South Korean épée fencer. He won two medals (one gold and one silver), as a member of the South Korean fencing team, at the

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. Kim represented

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at the

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, 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

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, with a sudden death score of 14–15. Few days later, he joined with his fellow fencers and teammates

Jung Jin-sun Jung Jin-Sun (Hangul: 정진선, Hanja: 鄭鎭善; or ; born 24 January 1984) is a South Korean right-handed épée fencer, four-time team Asian champion, four-time individual Asian champion, three-time Olympian, and 2012 individual Olympic ...

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.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
* 1981 births South Korean male épée fencers Korea National Sport University alumni Fencers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in fencing Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic fencers for South Korea Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Living people {{SouthKorea-fencing-bio-stub