Tak Jung-im
This is a Korean name; the family name is Tak.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 March 1967 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | íƒì •ìž„ |
| Hanja | å“貞任[1] |
| Revised Romanization | Tak Jeong-im |
| McCune–Reischauer | T'ak ChÅng'im |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Tak Jung-im (born 4 March 1967) is a South Korean fencer.
Career
Tak competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2] She went on to win a gold medal in the individual foil event at the 1990 Asian Games.[1]
Personal life
Tak grew up in Busan, where she took up fencing as a first-year student at Namdo Girls' Middle School (å—都여중). She continued in the sport after she went on to Yeongdo Girls' High School (ì˜ë„ì—¬ê³ ), and was chosen for the South Korean national team in her second year of high school.[1] Soon after the 1990 Asian Games, she retired from sport and married fellow fencer Hong Yeong-Seung, one of several marriages between fencing team members around that time.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 3 "첫 금메달 å“貞任" [First gold medal: Tak Jeong-Im]. Yonhap News. 1990-09-24. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ↑ "Tak Jeong-Im Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
- ↑ "세번째 펜싱커플탄ìƒ" [Third fencing couple comes together]. Yonhap News. 1992-10-20. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ↑ "é‡‘æ‰¿æ“ ç”³æˆå '백년가약'" [Kim Seung-pyo, Shin Sung-ja's 'hundred-year wedding vow']. Yonhap News. 1993-03-22. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
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