Club: LA International Fencing
Coach: Gagik Demirchian
Family: Mother Gia Kim, brother Ryan Yoo
Hobbies: Playing the violin, tennis and golf
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 1 (Junior), No. 8 (Senior)
Current World Ranking: No. 60 (Junior)
Honors:

First U.S. epee fencer ever to win individual medals at both the Junior and Cadet Worlds in the same year (2014)

Junior World Championship Teams: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 (Bronze - Individual)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2014 (Silver)

Results

2017:

Fourth - Junior World Championships (Team)
12th - Espoo Junior World Cup
12th - January North American Cup (Division I)
42nd - January North American Cup (Junior)

2016:

Gold - October North American Cup (Division I)
Bronze - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
Fourth - Junior World Championships (Team)
Fifth - July Challenge (Division I)
Eighth - January North American Cup (Junior)
14th - July Challenge (Junior)
16th - Buenos Aires World Cup (Team)
22nd - Junior World Championships (Individual)
22nd - Luxembourg Junior World Cup
22nd - January North American Cup (Division I)
27th - December North American Cup (Division I)
56th - Riga Junior World Cup

2015:

Silver - Junior Pan American Championships (Team)
Fifth - July Challenge (Division I)
Sixth - Junior Pan American Championships (Individual)
10th - July Challenge (Junior)
15th - Turku Junior World Cup
16th - Junior World Championships (Team)
17th - Luxembourg Junior World Cup
23rd - Bratislava Junior World Cup
26th - Udine Junior World Cup
34th - January North American Cup (Junior)
34th - November North American Cup (Junior)
63rd - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)

2014:

Silver - Cadet World Championships
Silver - January North American Cup (Junior)
Bronze - Junior World Championships (Individual)
Bronze - October North American Cup (Division I)
Fifth - December North American Cup (Division I)
Sixth - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
Sixth - November North American Cup (Junior)
10th - January North American Cup (Division I)
12th - Junior World Championships (Team)
12th - July North American Cup (Junior)
12th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
13th - Goteborg Junior World Cup
13th - Udine Junior World Cup
19th - Bratislava Junior World Cup
44th - Goteborg Cadet European Cup
47th - July North American Cup (Division I)

2013:

Gold - Chalons Cadet European Cup
Gold - January North American Cup (Cadet)
Gold - July North American Cup (Junior)
Gold - July North American Cup (Cadet)
Silver - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
Bronze - Goteborg Cadet European Cup
Bronze - December North American Cup (Cadet)
18th - January North American Cup (Junior)
31st - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
33rd - Klagenfurt Cadet European Cup
37th - November North American Cup (Junior)
39th - December North American Cup (Division I)
43rd - Goteborg Junior World Cup

2012:

Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
Gold - July North American Cup (Cadet)
Bronze - October North American Cup (Cadet)
Eighth - July North American Cup (Junior)
12th - January North American Cup (Junior)
21st - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
23rd - November North American Cup (Division I)
27th - October North American Cup (Division I)
28th - December North American Cup (Division I)
31st - November North American Cup (Junior)
33rd - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
38th - Chalons Cadet European Cup

2011:

Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
Silver - North American Cup E (Y14)
Fifth - North American Cup C (Junior)
Fifth - November North American Cup (Cadet)
10th - Chalons Cadet European Cup
16th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
25th - North American Cup F (Cadet)
27th - North American Cup C (Cadet)
33rd - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
40th - October North American Cup (Cadet)
55th - North American Cup F (Junior)

2010:

Gold - North American Cup F (Y12)
Gold - North American Cup G (Y12)
Gold - North American Cup B (Y14)
Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
Seventh - North American Cup F (Y14)
19th - USA Fencing National Championships (Cadet)
22nd - Chalons Cadet European Cup
26th - North American Cup B (Cadet)

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