Cheolwoo IM
🇰🇷 KOR · Left-handed
Men’s Foil, 2012–2026
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About this fencer
FIE 31278
- Club
- Seongbuk District Office : Seoul
- Coach
- Seo Sang-Won (club), KOR; Kim Byung-Soo (national)
Record and rankings
Counts cover published results recorded here. Verified source copies count once; other source records remain separate.
- Results
- 50
- Podiums
- 1
- Competitions won
- 0
- FIE ranking
- 30th Senior Foil · 2026–27
- Best FIE ranking
- 28th 2025–26
- Best finish
- 3rd of 73, FIE Zonal Championships, Delhi 2026
Winner1stTop quarter¼Halfway½LastLast 16th of 172, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Championships, Hong Kong 2026, 2026-07-23 3rd of 73, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Zonal Championships, Delhi 2026, 2026-06-20 120th of 233, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2026, 2026-05-16 103rd of 261, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Istanbul, April 2026, 2026-04-30 71st of 221, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Cairo, April 2026, 2026-04-17 26th of 164, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Lima 2026, 2026-03-21 101st of 296, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2026, 2026-02-06 37th of 331, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Paris 2026, 2026-01-09 115th of 233, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Fukuoka 2025, 2025-12-05 131st of 250, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Palma De Mallorca 2025, 2025-11-07 75th of 162, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Championships, Tbilisi 2025, 2025-07-26 6th of 71, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Zonal Championships, Bali 2025, 2025-06-19 176th of 212, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2025, 2025-05-17 129th of 193, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Vancouver, May 2025, 2025-05-02 14th of 240, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Cairo 2025, 2025-03-28 75th of 135, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Lima 2025, 2025-03-22 152nd of 261, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2025, 2025-02-07 73rd of 303, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Paris 2025, 2025-01-10 48th of 219, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Takasaki 2024, 2024-12-06 66th of 242, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Tunis 2024, 2024-11-22 16th of 55, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Zonal Championships, Kuwait City 2024, 2024-06-24 66th of 191, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2024, 2024-05-18 30th of 198, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Hong Kong 2024, 2024-05-02 46th of 225, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Cairo 2024, 2024-02-23 50th of 219, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Tokoname 2023, 2023-12-08 48th of 180, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Championships, Milan 2023, 2023-07-24 18th of 65, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Zonal Championships, Wuxi 2023, 2023-06-19 70th of 184, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2023, 2023-05-20 97th of 203, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Acapulco 2023, 2023-05-05 30th of 156, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Busan 2023, 2023-03-18 66th of 201, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Cairo 2023, 2023-02-24 30th of 226, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2023, 2023-02-11 12th of 261, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Paris 2023, 2023-01-12 27th of 198, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Tokyo 2022, 2022-12-09 55th of 254, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Bonn 2022, 2022-11-11 21st of 159, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Championships, Cairo 2022, 2022-07-17 18th of 50, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Zonal Championships, Seoul 2022, 2022-06-12 55th of 120, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Incheon 2022, 2022-05-14 54th of 190, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Plovdiv, April 2022, 2022-04-29 71st of 213, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Belgrade, April 2022, 2022-04-16 16th of 177, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Cairo 2022, 2022-02-25 56th of 219, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Paris, January 2022, 2022-01-14 89th of 170, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2018, 2018-05-19 111th of 191, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, St Petersburg 2018, 2018-05-04 112th of 254, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Paris, January 2018, 2018-01-19 109th of 191, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2017, 2017-12-01 56th of 177, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Tokyo 2017, 2017-11-10 54th of 169, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Seoul 2014, 2014-04-25 53rd of 126, Junior Men’s Foil, FIE Junior and Cadet World Championships, Porec 2013, 2013-04-11 134th of 139, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Seoul 2012, 2012-05-18
Results
Results: 50
| When | Competition | Event | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jun 2024 | FIE Zonal Championships, Kuwait City 2024FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 16th of 55 |
| 18 May 2024 | FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2024FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 66th of 191 |
| 2 May 2024 | FIE World Cup, Hong Kong 2024FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 30th of 198 |
| 23 Feb 2024 | FIE World Cup, Cairo 2024FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 46th of 225 |
| 8 Dec 2023 | FIE World Cup, Tokoname 2023FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 50th of 219 |
| 24 Jul 2023 | FIE World Championships, Milan 2023FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 48th of 180 |
| 19 Jun 2023 | FIE Zonal Championships, Wuxi 2023FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 18th of 65 |
| 20 May 2023 | FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2023FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 70th of 184 |
| 5 May 2023 | FIE World Cup, Acapulco 2023FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 97th of 203 |
| 18 Mar 2023 | FIE Grand Prix, Busan 2023FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 30th of 156 |
| 24 Feb 2023 | FIE World Cup, Cairo 2023FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 66th of 201 |
| 11 Feb 2023 | FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2023FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 30th of 226 |
| 12 Jan 2023 | FIE World Cup, Paris 2023FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 12th of 261 |
| 9 Dec 2022 | FIE World Cup, Tokyo 2022FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 27th of 198 |
| 11 Nov 2022 | FIE World Cup, Bonn 2022FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 55th of 254 |
| 17 Jul 2022 | FIE World Championships, Cairo 2022FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 21st of 159 |
| 12 Jun 2022 | FIE Zonal Championships, Seoul 2022FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 18th of 50 |
| 14 May 2022 | FIE Grand Prix, Incheon 2022FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 55th of 120 |
| 29 Apr 2022 | FIE World Cup, Plovdiv, April 2022FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 54th of 190 |
| 16 Apr 2022 | FIE World Cup, Belgrade, April 2022FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 71st of 213 |
Videos
Cyrus of Chaos
· Table of 64 · part of it Individual bout Zhaoran ZENG beat Cheolwoo IM, 15–8 FIE World Cup, Paris 2026 · Foil · 9 Jan 2026
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Cheolwoo IM beat Wen Hao GOH, 15–13 FIE Zonal Championships, Bali 2025 · Foil · 19 Jun 2025
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Wallerand ROGER beat Cheolwoo IM, 15–10 FIE World Cup, Takasaki 2024 · Foil · 6 Dec 2024
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· Table of 16 Individual bout Kazuki IIMURA beat Cheolwoo IM, 15–9 FIE Zonal Championships, Kuwait City 2024 · Foil · 24 Jun 2024
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Cheolwoo IM beat Yudai NAGANO, 15–12 FIE Zonal Championships, Kuwait City 2024 · Foil · 24 Jun 2024
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Giulio LOMBARDI beat Cheolwoo IM, 15–11 FIE World Cup, Hong Kong 2024 · Foil · 2 May 2024
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Guillaume BIANCHI beat Cheolwoo IM, 15–5 FIE World Cup, Cairo 2024 · Foil · 23 Feb 2024
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Ziwei MO beat Cheolwoo IM, 15–11 FIE World Cup, Tokoname 2023 · Foil · 8 Dec 2023
All their bouts on video (7 more)
Fencing Vision
· Table of 64 Individual bout Rafael SAVIN beat Cheolwoo IM, 15–9 FIE World Championships, Milan 2023 · Foil · 24 Jul 2023 Other recordings of this bout Cyrus of Chaos
Fencing Vision
· Table of 64 Individual bout Cheolwoo IM beat Filippo MACCHI, 15–13 FIE Grand Prix, Busan 2023 · Foil · 18 Mar 2023
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Marcus MEPSTEAD beat Cheolwoo IM, 14–10 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2023 · Foil · 11 Feb 2023
Fencing Vision
· Table of 64 Individual bout Cheolwoo IM beat Klod YUNES, 15–8 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2023 · Foil · 11 Feb 2023
Fencing Vision
· Table of 32 Individual bout Alexandre SIDO beat Cheolwoo IM, 15–12 FIE World Championships, Cairo 2022 · Foil · 17 Jul 2022
Fencing Vision
· Table of 64 Individual bout Cheolwoo IM beat Lorenzo MION, 15–7 FIE World Championships, Cairo 2022 · Foil · 17 Jul 2022
Fencing Vision
· Table of 64 Individual bout Mohamed HAMZA beat Cheolwoo IM, 15–12 FIE Grand Prix, Incheon 2022 · Foil · 14 May 2022
Head to head
Against left-handers 69–34 · right-handers 179–91, where the FIE says which hand they fence with. Left and right
Everyone they’ve met in events whose bouts are kept here, the most met first. Each goes to their bouts together.
| Against | Won | Lost | Last met | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jie XU | 2 | 3 | 20 Jun 2026 | |
| Kyosuke MATSUYAMA | 3 | 2 | 28 Mar 2025 | |
| Yudai NAGANO | 3 | 2 | 17 Apr 2026 | ▶ Watch |
| Chin Yu LEUNG | 1 | 3 | 16 May 2026 | |
| Joel Ka Jyn CHIU | 4 | 0 | 9 Jan 2026 |
Everyone they’ve met (266 more)
Figures
rating, ranking and how they fence
Over time
1st10th100th Senior Foil 523rd, 2011–12 Senior Foil 220th, 2013–14 Senior Foil 202nd, 2017–18 Senior Foil 36th, 2021–22 Senior Foil 48th, 2022–23 Senior Foil 69th, 2023–24 Senior Foil 39th, 2024–25 Senior Foil 28th, 2025–26 Senior Foil 30th, 2026–27
As a table
| Season | Weapon | fency ELO | FIE ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Foil | 30th Senior | |
| 2025–26 | Foil | 1,925 | 28th Senior |
| 2024–25 | Foil | 1,791 | 39th Senior |
| 2023–24 | Foil | 1,895 | 69th Senior |
| 2022–23 | Foil | 1,858 | 48th Senior |
| 2021–22 | Foil | 1,828 | 36th Senior |
| 2017–18 | Foil | 1,686 | 202nd Senior |
| 2013–14 | Foil | 1,515 | 220th Senior |
| 2012–13 | Foil | 1,505 | |
| 2011–12 | Foil | 523rd Senior |
How fency ELO works · the best now
How they fence
| Stage | Won–lost | An average bout | By one touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pools | 191–79 71% | 4.2–2.9 | 28–18 |
| Tables | 57–46 55% | 12.6–11.8 | 6–4 |