Jeon Hee-sook (

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: 전희숙; or ; born 16 June 1984 in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...

) is a South Korean foil fencer. Jeon won the bronze medal in the foil team event at the

2006 World Fencing Championships The 2006 World Fencing Championships were held at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy. The event took place from 29 September to 7 October 2006. Same Thing of the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter ...

after beating Poland in the bronze medal match. She accomplished this with her team mates

Jung Gil-ok Jung Gil-Ok ( ; born 15 September 1980) is a South Korean foil fencer. Jung won the bronze medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Poland in the bronze medal match. She accomplished this with her tea ...

, Seo Mi-jung and

Nam Hyun-hee Nam Hyun-Hee (; or ; born 29 September 1981) is a South Korean foil fencer. She is left-handed. She won the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics after losing 6-5 to Valentina Vezzali in the final. She was also a team bronze medalist at the ...

. In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's foil event at the 2019 Asian Fencing Championships held in Chiba, Japan. She also won the silver medal in the women's team foil event.

Achievements

: 2009 World Fencing Championships, individual foilJeon Captures Silver in Foil
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, team foil

References

External links

Profile on the 2009 Summer Universiade official website
* 1984 births Living people Fencers from Seoul Korea National Sport University alumni South Korean female foil fencers Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2006 Asian Games Fencers at the 2010 Asian Games Fencers at the 2014 Asian Games Fencers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Asian Games medalists in fencing Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{SouthKorea-fencing-bio-stub