‘Geomgaek’ Prestigious Dong-Eui University Produces 4 Youth National Fencers

Male Hwang Hee-seong and Yoon Yong-jin, Female Jang Ji-won and Kim Na-ae

Sabre Medal Hunt at April Bulgaria Tournament

The prestigious Dong-Eui University, known as the ‘sports swordsman,’ produced four youth national fencing representatives this year.

From Dong-Eui University Fencing Team (Coach Han Woori), male athletes Yoon Yong-jin (1st year, Department of Physical Education) and Hwang Hee-sung (1st year, Department of Physical Education), along with female athletes Jang Ji-won (2nd year, Department of Leisure Sports) and Kim Na-ae (2nd year, Department of Leisure Sports), were recently selected as the 2023 national youth sabre fencing representatives.

Their ‘swords’ will bear the Taegeuk mark for one year, aiming at individual and team events in various international youth competitions.

The first youth international fencing competition of the year, the ‘2023 Asian Cadet & Junior Fencing Championships,’ was held from the 3rd to the 9th of this month in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

In the women’s sabre team event at this competition, Dong-Eui University’s Jang Ji-won and Kim Na-ae, along with Honam University’s Jung Yeon-soo and Yang Soo-bin, advanced to the finals but narrowly lost to the home team Uzbekistan, earning the silver medal.

Additionally, Jang Ji-won won the bronze medal in the women’s sabre individual event.

The Korean youth national team is scheduled to participate in the ‘2023 World Cadet & Junior Fencing Championships’ to be held in Bulgaria this April.

Oh Eun-seok (Class of ’02, Department of Leisure Sports), a Dong-Eui University alumnus and 2012 London Olympics sabre team gold medalist, has been appointed as the women’s sabre coach for the 2023 youth national fencing team and is actively contributing as a coach.

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