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KMU alumnus Gu Bon Gil '15 won a gold medal in the men's sabre team event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Wednesday, July 31 (local time). The Korean men's sabre team, which included alumni Oh Sang Wook, Park Sang Won, and Do Kyung Dong, defeated Hungary 45-41 to become the world's top-ranked team. 

The Korean men's sabre team won its third consecutive gold medal in the team event, following London 2012 and Tokyo 2020. There was no sabre team event at Rio 2016.

Alumnus Gu Bon Gil has been a member of the South Korean men's national fencing team since 2008 and reached the world No. 1 ranking in 2011. This will be the last Olympic Games for Koo, who has won three gold medals, including London 2012 and Tokyo 2020. Since its establishment in 1996 as the first graduate school in Korea specializing in sports, the Graduate School of Sports Industry, which produced alumnus Koo Bon-gil and athlete Kim Jung Hwan, who won a gold medal in the men's sabre team event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has been striving to foster sports industry professionals who meet the demands of the times through professional and practical education. In particular, it is laying the groundwork to foster future sports industry professionals through various systems and curricula, including professional theoretical education, curricula linked to field practice, excellent professional lecturers, and various scholarship and welfare programs.

President Jeong Seung Ryul said, "I am happy that all members of our university are cheering with one heart," and encouraged, "The persistence of Koo Bon-gil, who constantly challenged himself to reach the top, must have inspired everyone."