Kim Ji-yeon

Kim Ji-yeon, born on 12 March 1988, is a South Korean left-handed sabre fencer who began fencing at thirteen as a foil fencer and switched to sabre in high school in 2004. She won the women's individual sabre gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, beating the reigning world champion Sofya Velikaya 15 to 9 in the final after coming back from 12 to 5 down against the two-time champion Mariel Zagunis in the semifinal. She was the first South Korean woman to win an Olympic gold medal in fencing, and she added a team bronze medal at the Olympics held in 2021. She is a five-time team Asian champion and four-time individual Asian champion, and she first drew international attention at the 2011 Summer Universiade, where she won two bronze medals. The account here rests on her English Wikipedia article.