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| 'Paris Olympics individual-group two-time winner'Oh Sang-wook (left) and Choi Shin-won, president of the Korea Fencing Association. |
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| The men's sabre 'appers', which won the third consecutive team event at the Paris Olympics in August last year, is taking a commemorative photo after giving a gold medal to Korean Fencing Chairman Choi Shin-won. Photo courtesy = Korea Fencing Association |
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'Mr. Kidari of Fencing Korea' Choi Shin-won (73, General Representative of Honor Society of the Community Chest of Korea) succeeded in serving three consecutive terms.
The Election Steering Committee of the Korea Fencing Association unanimously decided on the 35th president of the Korea Fencing Association through candidate deliberation on the morning of the 8th. Oh Kyung-sik, vice chairman of the Korea Fencing Association, received a certificate of election from Cha Kwang-seok (former chairman of the Korea Sports Association) on behalf of Chairman Choi, who is on an overseas business trip.
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| Oh Kyung-sik, vice chairman of the Korea Fencing Association, received a certificate of election on behalf of Chairman Choi, who is on an overseas business trip, from Cha Kwang-seok, chairman of the Korea Fencing Association's Election Management Committee, on the 8th. Photo courtesy = Korea Fencing Association |
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Chairman Choi became the 33rd president of the Korea Fencing Association in 2018 and the 34th president of the Korea Fencing Association in 2022, and after being approved for three consecutive terms through the Korea Sports Council's Sports Fair Committee in December last year, he ran alone and was elected through the Election Commission's review of candidates. The term of office is until January 2029.
Since taking office in 2018, Choi has supported athletes and leaders in both ways, instilled the fighting spirit of the Taegeuk Warriors, and led the great history of Korean fencing at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, and the 2024 Paris Olympics. The men's sabre team won its third consecutive Olympic team title, and the women's sabre team also won its first-ever silver medal at the Paris Olympics with a successful generational change. He boosted the morale of the players through passion to support them in the first row of the pen shinjang at each tournament, customized training before the tournament, special support, and reward payments. Immediately after last year's Paris Olympics, all the athletes were invited to the Walkerhill Hotel Aston House to pay the most rewards ever, including 200 million won to the men's sabre 'The Avengers' and 75 million won to Oh Sang-wook in the 'two-time individual-team event' and encourage the team's hard work with a sincere dinner.
In the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's innovation evaluation of member sports organizations, it received the highest S grade and was recognized for exemplary operation of the association. In order to develop fencing into a national sport, clubs and amateur competitions were activated, resulting in 5,000 hobbyists participating in the national amateur competition every year.
Choi actively engaged in sports diplomacy for the development of fencing in Asia and the world as well as Korea. Shortly after running for vice chairman of the Asian Fencing Federation in 2018 and being elected, he succeeded in serving three consecutive terms as the first vice chairman at the 2024 Asian Fencing Federation General Assembly on the 1st of last month. In addition to the Asian Championships, he also won the Asian Award for his contribution to the development of Asian fencing by hosting the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Sabres, Fleur Grand Prix, and World Cup competitions in South Korea and hosting junior training camps.
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| photo courtesy of the Korea Fencing Association |
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After Kim Young-ho won his first gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Korean fencing has rapidly grown into the world's top fencing power as SK Telecom has actively supported him since 2003. Following the silver medal in the women's foil at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2012 London Olympics 'Gold 2, Silver 1, Bronze 3'. Following the gold medal of men's epee Park Sang-young at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the bronze medal of men's sabre Kim Jung-hwan, he swept the gold medal 'Gold 1, silver 1, bronze 3' at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and the silver 2' silver 1' at the 2024 Paris Olympics. After Chairman Choi's appointment, the Korean fencing aces that have been 'fraudulent' stood tall with a successful generational change as a self-proclaimed 'World Class'.
President-elect of the 35th Korea Fencing Association 'In his third term in office, President Choi Shin-won said in a press conference on the 8th that he would plan a mid- to long-term project to develop Korean fencing into a global center beyond the history of Korean fencing and prepare well for the 2026 Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games in Japan and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games" expressed his determination. "We plan to further support the revitalization of sports for all citizens to participate in, so that fencing will become a beloved sport by the people and that Korean fencing will achieve continuous and substantial development," he said.
Choi, who will enter his third term in office with his sincerity and passion for sports, plans to hold a ceremony on the 24th to encourage fencers, including athletes and leaders who did their best last year.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
