Choi In-Jeong (; ; born 21 May 1990) is a South Korean right-handed

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contain ...

fencer, three-time team Asian champion, two-time individual Asian champion, three-time

Olympian Olympian or Olympians may refer to: Religion * Twelve Olympians, the principal gods and goddesses in ancient Greek religion * Olympian spirits, spirits mentioned in books of ceremonial magic Fiction * ''Percy Jackson & the Olympians'', fiction ...

, and two-time team Olympic silver medalist. Choi competed in the

2012 London Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, the

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

, and the

2020 Tokyo Olympic Games The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

. Choi began fencing in junior high and made her international debut in 2011, at the World Cup event in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and t ...

Medal record

Olympic Games

World Championship

Asian Championship

Grand Prix

World Cup

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* 1990 births Living people Fencers from Seoul South Korean female épée fencers Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for South Korea Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2014 Asian Games Fencers at the 2018 Asian Games Fencers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Asian Games medalists in fencing Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Universiade medalists in fencing FISU World University Games silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century South Korean women World Fencing Championships medalists {{SouthKorea-fencing-bio-stub