Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon Invites Paris Olympic Team... Exchanges 'Autographed Posters and Seoul Goods'

7 Sports, 16 Athletes and Coaches Visit Seoul City Hall
Gold 5, Silver 1, Bronze 1 Won in Fencing, Taekwondo, Shooting, etc.
Seoul City "Will Continue to Provide Multifaceted Support"

On the 19th, the Seoul Metropolitan Government held an encouragement luncheon meeting at Seoul City Hall, inviting athletes and coaches affiliated with Seoul City and Seoul City Hall who participated in the Paris Olympics. Taekwondo athlete Lee Da-bin, who won consecutive Olympic medals, presented Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon with a Paris Olympics poster signed by the athletes. Photo by Heo Young-han younghan@

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon expressed his gratitude on behalf of the citizens to the Seoul athletes who shone at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Mayor Oh promised to continue providing various support in the future.

On the 19th at 12 PM, Seoul City held a luncheon meeting at Seoul City Hall with 16 athletes and coaches from 7 sports who participated in the Olympics. A total of 21 athletes participated in this Paris Olympics, including 11 affiliated with Seoul City Hall and 10 affiliated with Seoul City. This also included competitions where athletes registered under Seoul City competed in domestic city and provincial competitions.

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Mayor Oh presented Seoul goods engraved with the Seoul brand (SEOUL MY SOUL) to the attending athletes, and Taekwondo athlete Lee Da-bin, who won Olympic medals for the second consecutive time following the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, delivered a Paris Olympics poster signed by the entire athlete delegation to Mayor Oh on behalf of all competitors.

Notably, Yoon Ji-soo, who gifted Mayor Oh a fencing saber used during the competition at the 'Hangzhou Asian Games Athlete Delegation Invitation Meeting' last October (then gold medalist in women's fencing sabre individual event), also won a medal at the Olympics about 10 months later and attended again, adding special significance to the event.

The Seoul athlete delegation, consisting of 21 athletes competing in 10 sports at this Olympics, contributed to South Korea's overall 8th place finish by winning ▲5 gold medals ▲1 silver medal ▲1 bronze medal. Under the 'Seoul City Hall affiliation,' Yoon Ji-soo and Jeon Ha-young won 1 silver medal in the fencing team sabre event, and Lee Da-bin won 1 bronze medal in taekwondo (67kg+). Yoon Ji-soo and Lee Da-bin achieved the valuable feat of winning Olympic medals for two consecutive games.

Under the 'Seoul City affiliation,' Lim Si-hyun from Korea National Sport University won 3 gold medals in archery, Yang Ji-in from Korea National Sport University won 1 gold medal in shooting, and Koo Bon-gil from the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation won 1 gold medal.

Currently, Seoul operates the largest workplace sports teams among metropolitan governments, with 188 athletes across 23 sports and 25 teams, and also supports workplace sports teams in 15 autonomous districts. Seoul plans to continue providing multifaceted support so that its affiliated athletes can achieve excellent results in domestic and international competitions.

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