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Won Woo-young

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Won Woo-young (Korean: 원우영; Korean pronunciation: [wʌn.u.jʌŋ]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Won Woo-young has received more than 28,257 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Won Woo-young is the 238th most popular fencer (down from 210th in 2019), the 1,017th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 857th in 2019) and the 8th most popular South Korean Fencer.

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  • 28k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Won Woo-young ranks 238 out of 349. Before him are Margherita Granbassi, Sun Yiwen, Simona Gherman, Yana Shemyakina, Gauthier Grumier, and Jörg Fiedler. After him are Imke Duplitzer, Marie-Florence Candassamy, Érik Boisse, Jean-Michel Lucenay, Nikolay Kovalev, and Inès Boubakri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Won Woo-young ranks 961. Before him are Chisu, Óscar González Marcos, Lázaro Bruzón, Tony Bellew, Constantinos Makrides, and Katya Zamolodchikova. After him are Sándor Torghelle, Aleksandr Dmitrijev, Dickson Etuhu, Anastasia Rodionova, Ace Wilder, and Josip Pavić.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Won Woo-young ranks 1,017 out of 1,128. Before him are Choi Sung-kuk (1983), Jin Sun-yu (1988), Oh Ban-suk (1988), An Hyo-yeon (1978), Cho Young-cheol (1989), and Seo Dong-myung (1974). After him are Yang Hak-seon (1992), Han Kook-young (1990), Lee Hyo-jung (1981), Park Kyung-mo (1975), Lee Sun-hee (1978), and Son Yeon-jae (1994).

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Among FENCERS In South Korea

Among fencers born in South Korea, Won Woo-young ranks 8. Before him are Nam Hyun-hee (1981), Jung Gil-ok (1980), Jeon Hee-sook (1984), Kim Jun-ho (1994), Choi Byung-chul (1981), and Shin A-lam (1986). After him are Choi In-jeong (1990), Gu Bon-gil (1989), Jung Jin-sun (1984), Song Se-ra (1993), Oh Eun-seok (1983), and Park Sang-young (1995).

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