Oh Eun-seok (Korean pronunciation: [o.ɯn.sʌk̚]; born 2 April 1983) is a South Korean retired sabre fencer. He is an Olympic and Asian Games gold medalist in the team event.

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Oh Eun-seok
Oh at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1983-04-02) 2 April 1983 (age 41) Daegu, South Korea
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Sabre
Hand	Left-handed
Years on national team	2003–2015
Highest ranking	2 (2009-2010)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 Asian Games 1 3 1 World Championships 0 1 2 Asian Championships 4 6 3 Olympic Games 2012 London Team World Championships 2014 Kazan Team 2007 St. Petersburg Individual 2013 Budapest Team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team 2006 Doha Individual 2006 Doha Team 2010 Guangzhou Team 2010 Guangzhou Individual Asian Championships 2011 Seoul Team 2013 Shanghai Team 2014 Suwon Team 2015 Singapore Team 2007 Nantong Team 2008 Bangkok Team 2009 Doha Individual 2010 Seoul Individual 2010 Seoul Team 2012 Wakayama Team 2008 Bangkok Individual 2009 Doha Individual 2011 Seoul Individual Universiade 2003 Daegu Individual

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A native of Daegu, Oh was a former runner and took up fencing in middle school. He attended Osung High School, one of the few high schools in the city with a fencing club. It was not until he enrolled at Dong-Eui University, known for its fencing team, that he decided to turn professional.^[1]

Oh won gold in team sabre and silver in individual sabre at the 2003 Junior World Fencing Championships in Trapani, Italy.^[2] He also participated in the Universiade hosted by his hometown and won silver in the individual event.^[3] In 2005 he reached the final of the Seoul Grand Prix and was defeated by his rookie national teammate Kim Jung-hwan. However, Kim's gold medal was forfeited and given to Oh after the former failed a doping test.^[4][5]

At the 2007 FIE World Championships he won the bronze medal in the men's individual sabre category after losing to four-time Olympic champion and ten-time world champion Stanislav Pozdnyakov of Russia 12–15 in the semifinals.

Oh qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics for the individual sabre competition.^[6] On August 12, 2008, he won his first round 15–8 win against Dmitri Lapkes of Belarus, but ultimately had a 15–11 loss to eventual silver medalist Nicolas Lopez of France in the round of 16. He finished 13th.^[7]

At 2012 Summer Olympics, he participated as substitute for the team sabre competition. Despite not getting his chance for participating in quarterfinal match against Germany, and semifinal match against Italy, he came out on final match against Romania on 8th bout. He faced Alexandru Sirițeanu, who came out as substitute for the Romanian side. The bout finished in just 14 seconds, when Oh accumulated 5 points for the Korean side, while conceding 1 point. Ultimately, he won gold medal along with his teammates Gu Bon-gil, Won Woo-young, and Kim Jung-hwan.^[8][9] The quartet continued to dominate in the team events; in the year 2014 alone they swept gold at both the Asian Championships and Asian Games hosted at home and won silver at the World Championships. They had a disappointing run at the 2015 World Championships as none of them reached the final in the individual event and then lost by only a point to France in the quarter-finals of the team event. A week later, they successfully defended their team gold medal at the Asian Championships, his last major international competition. Oh and Won both retired from the national team at the end of the season.^[10]

Oh married rhythmic gymnast Gim Yun-hee in May 2016.^[12][13] Gim is a 2014 Asian Games silver medalist in the team event.