The world number four won gold in the men's team saber at the
2012 London Games and was a silver medalist in the team and
individual events at the 2014 World Championships in Kazan,
Russia.
The KOC also named 43-year-old handball goalkeeper Oh Yong-ran
captain of the women's delegation while three-time Olympic
shooting gold medalist Jin Jong-oh will represent the men.
Jin will also carry the flag when the South Korean delegation
leaves for Rio on July 27, the KOC added.
Jin will be competing in his fourth Olympics and the 36-year-old
said his experience was probably the reason he was made captain.
"I always wondered who gets to be the flagbearer or the team
captain at the Olympics or the Asian Games," he was quoted as
saying by Yonhap news agency. "I guess I was made a captain
since I have been around the scene for a while."
South Korea has targeted at least 10 gold medals in Rio to
finish in the top 10 of the medal standings for a fourth
successive Olympics.
The Koreans tallied 13 golds at the 2008 Beijing Games, their
most at an Olympics, and matched that total in London four years
later, where they finished fifth in the standings.
The country is sending 204 athletes to Rio, well down on the 248
it sent to London four years ago and the 267 it dispatched to
Beijing.
(Writing by Peter Rutherford; Editing by Greg Stutchbury/Amlan
Chakraborty)
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