Park Sang-young

Park Sang-young
Park at Trophée Monal 2014
Personal information
Country represented	South Korea
Born	(1995-10-16) 16 October 1995 (age 21)
Weapon(s)	épée
Hand	right-handed
Club	Korea National Sport University
FIE Ranking	current ranking
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual World Championships 2014 Kazan Team épée Asian Championships 2014 Suwon Team épée Junior World Fencing Championships 2012 Moscow Individual épée Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team épée

Park Sang-young (born 16 October 1995) is a South Korean épée fencer, Individual gold medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and team silver medallist at the 2014 World Fencing Championships.

He was junior world champion in Moscow in 2012. He joined the senior category in the 2013–14 season, during which he won the 2014 Doha Grand Prix and the 2014 Berne Grand Prix. As part of the South Korean team he won a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Fencing Championships in Suwon and at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, as well as a silver medal at the 2014 World Fencing Championships. He finished the season world no.3.

The 2014–15 season proved more difficult for Park. After two quarter-final finishes, he sustained a knee injury in March at the Budapest Grand Prix, which barred him from taking part to the Asian Championships and to the World Championships. He came back a year later, earning a bronze medal in the Vancouver World Cup.