Do Gyeong-dong (; born 19 August 1999) is a South Korean

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fencer. He competed at the

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and won a gold medal in the men's team sabre event.

Biography

Do was born on 19 August 1999. From

Yeongcheon Yeongcheon (; ) is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Yeongcheon is located southeast of Seoul, in the southeast of North Gyeongsang Province. It is on the Gyeongbu Expressway linking Seoul and Busan, and is also the junction o ...

, he attended and then , where he competed in

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under coach Lee Seung-yong, who participated at the

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. He later attended Dong-Eui University in

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, where he studied physical education. In 2019, his second year at the university, he helped his school's team place runner-up at the national championships and was selected for the South Korean U-23 national team, competing at the Asian U-23 championships where he helped his team win the gold medal and won an individual gold medal. In 2021, Do was named to the national team after reaching the semifinals of the President's Cup National Championships, later competing for the national team at the International Grand Prix in France. In 2022, he competed at the World Cup in Algeria and helped the South Korean team to first place. Do enlisted in the South Korean military in April 2023 as a member of the

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. Later that year, he participated in the

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, winning a silver medal in the team event. Do was selected to compete at the

in the men's team sabre event. He was an unused reserve in the quarterfinals and semifinals, before being used as a substitute in the finals against Hungary. Coming in when the score was 30–29 in favor of South Korea, he scored five consecutive points against

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, which proved key in his team's 45–41 victory for the gold medal. His medal win allowed him to be discharged from the military two months early. Later in 2024, he won individual national championships at the President's Cup and the National Team Selection Tournament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Do, Gyeong-dong 1999 births Living people Olympic fencers for South Korea Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in fencing South Korean male sabre fencers 21st-century South Korean sportsmen