Honam University Fencing Team Wins 1st Place in National Women's Sabre Team Event

Men's Sabre Team Event 3rd Place · Men's Sabre Individual Event 2nd Place

Honam University (President Park Sang-chul) fencing team stood out at the national competition.

Honam University announced on the 24th that they won 1st place in the women's sabre team event, 3rd place in the men's sabre team event, and 2nd place in the men's sabre individual event at the 52nd President's Cup National Men's and Women's Fencing Championships.

At the competition held in Yeonggwang, Jeonnam from April 15 to 22, the Honam University women's sabre team (Oh Se-yeon, Choi Ye-ni, Jung Yeon-su, Lim Seo-jin) defeated Howon University in the quarterfinals, Korea National Sport University in the semifinals, and Dong-Eui University in the finals to claim the championship.

The men's sabre team (Seo Young-in, Heo Jin-beom, Park Jeong-ho, Yoo Soo-geun) won against Gyeongnam National University in the quarterfinals but lost to Korea National Sport University in the semifinals, finishing in 3rd place. In the individual event, Park Jeong-ho advanced to the finals by defeating Choi Seon-woo (Korea National Sport University) in the quarterfinals and Kim Byung-soo (Korea National Sport University) in the semifinals but narrowly lost to Kim Jae-won (Daejeon University), earning the runner-up position.

Coach Kim Byung-jin said, “It was a series of tough matches as other universities are expanding their base and strengthening their player pool through active investment, but I am pleased with the good results. This is thanks to the hard training our players and Coach Mo Hyo-jung have done together since the winter break.”

The Honam University fencing team (advisor Professor Jo Gyu-jeong), founded in 2011, has produced numerous national representative fencers including Choi Da-hee (Class of 2011, Rio Olympics representative), Kwon Min-ah (Class of 2012, national representative standby team), Jung Sung-hyun (Class of 2015, national representative standby team), Park Da-eun (Class of 2016, youth national representative), Yang Ye-sol (Class of 2017, national representative), and Kim Jeong-mi (Class of 2019, national representative).

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