Jung Hyo-jung

Jung Hyo-jung
Personal information
Native name 정효정
Nationality South Korean
Born (1984-01-26) January 26, 1984
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event(s) Épée
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 London Team épée
World Championships
2010 Paris Team épée
Asian Championships
2010 Seoul Épée
Asian Games
2006 Doha Team Épée
2010 Guangzhou Team épée
Korean name
Hangul 정효정
Revised Romanization Jeong Hyo-jeong
McCune–Reischauer Chŏng Hyo-jŏng
This is a Korean name; the family name is Jung.

Jung Hyo-jung (Hangul: 정효정; born January 26, 1984) is a South Korean épée fencer.[1]

Biography

Jung first drew attention at the 2002 World Junior Fencing Championships where she won a bronze medal in the women's individual épée. Jung won the individual épée gold medal at the 2010 Asian Fencing Championships, defeating Luo Xiaojuan of China 4-3 in the final. Jung also captured her first World Championship medal in the women's épée team event at the 2010 World Fencing Championships, leading the team alongside Shin A-lam.[2]

She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal in the Women's team épée. In the individual event she was defeated in the second round.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Hyojung Jung". London 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "JUNG HYOJUNG Biography" (PDF). www.fie.org. FIE. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Hyojung Jung". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.


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