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Won Woo-young was born on 3 February, 1982 in Seoul, South Korea, is a South Korean fencer. Discover Won Woo-young's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 42 years old?

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Age 42 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 3 February 1982
Birthday 3 February
Birthplace Seoul, South Korea
Nationality South Korea

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Won Woo-young Height, Weight & Measurements

At 42 years old, Won Woo-young height is 182 cm and Weight 76 kg.

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Height 182 cm
Weight 76 kg
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Won Woo-young Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Won Woo-young worth at the age of 42 years old? Won Woo-young’s income source is mostly from being a successful Fencer. He is from South Korea. We have estimated Won Woo-young's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1982

Won Woo-young (Hangul: 원우영; ; born 3 February 1982) is a South Korean sabre fencer.

He won gold at the Olympics, World Championships, Asian Games and Asian Championships and is the first Asian fencer to win gold in the men's individual sabre event at the World Championships.

After retiring, he became a sports commentator for Seoul Broadcasting System and covered fencing events at various international tournaments.

In November 2021, he was appointed coach of the men's sabre team.

Won attended Hongik University High School, then one of the few schools in Seoul with a fencing team, and was a year ahead of future sabre teammate Kim Jung-hwan.

One of their seniors was foil fencer and future Olympic silver medalist Choi Byung-chul.

2004

He graduated from Korea National Sport University in 2004.

Won began competing internationally in 2004 and won the bronze medal at the sabre 2006 World Fencing Championships, after losing 15-10 to Zsolt Nemcsik in the semi-final.

2010

At the sabre 2010 World Fencing Championships, he won the gold medal, beating then-world number 1 Nicolas Limbach 15–9 in the final.

It was the first time an Asian fencer had won the gold medal at a sabre event in the World Championships.

2012

Won, together with Oh Eun-seok, Kim Jung-hwan and Gu Bon-gil, were selected for the national team to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics The Olympics began on a sour note for them as he, Kim and Gu all did not make it past the semi-final stage of the individual event; he lost in the last 16 to Nikolay Kovalev, the eventual bronze medallist.

They managed to win a historic gold in the team event, South Korea's first ever Olympic gold medal in the men's team sabre category.

2014

The quartet continued to dominate in the team events; in the year 2014 alone they swept gold at both the Asian Championships and Asian Games hosted at home and won silver at the World Championships.

2015

They had a disappointing run at the 2015 World Championships as none of them reached the final in the individual event and then lost by only a point to France in the quarter-finals of the team event.

A week later, they successfully defended their team gold medal at the Asian Championships, his last major international competition.

He and Oh both retired from the national team at the end of the season.

Won retired from the national team in 2015 but continued to play amateurly and coach at his club.

Won married his girlfriend of three years, a flight attendant, in September 2015.

2016

In 2016 Won was awarded the Order of Sports Merit Cheongnyong (Hangul: 청룡장; English: Blue Dragon) class, the South Korean government's highest honor bestowed on professional athletes who meet the criteria.

He also became a commentator for SBS and covered fencing events at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2018 Asian Games.

In November 2021, ahead of the Orleans Grand Prix, the Korean Fencing Federation announced that Won had been appointed coach of the men's sabre team.