Choi Byung-chul
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Choi at the Challenge Revenu 2013
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Nickname(s) | Oddball Swordsman (괴짜검객)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 24 October 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Choi Byung-Chul (Hangul: 최병철, Hanja: 崔秉哲) (born October 24, 1981) is a South Korean foil fencer.
Choi made his first major international appearance by winning gold in the individual foil and bronze in the team foil at the 2001 Junior World Fencing Championships. In 2007, he won the bronze medal in the foil team event at the World Fencing Championships in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Choi qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics for the men's individual foil competition.[2] On August 13, 2008, he had a 15-14 loss to the eventual silver medalist Yuki Ota of Japan in the round of 16. Choi then participated in the 2012 London Olympics and on July 31, 2012, he lost to Alaaeldin Abouelkassem in the semi-final, but beat Andrea Baldini in the bronze medal match to finally capture the bronze medal.[3]
Achievements
2007 World Fencing Championships, Team foil
2012 London Olympics, Individual foil
References
- ↑ 기상천외한 공격펜싱 '최병철', 괴짜검객 등극 《etoday》, 2012-08-02
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- Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic fencers of South Korea
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Asian Games medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2002 Asian Games
- Fencers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Fencers at the 2010 Asian Games
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