Park wins 2014 Doha Epee Grand Prix

The 2014-2015 Grand Prix Series provides each individual weapon discipline with 3 Grand Prix tournaments from January to May 2014. Sangyoung Park (KOR) defeated Enrico Garozzo (ITA) 15-14 in the finals of the 2014 Doha Men’s Epee Grand Prix held in Qatar. Park takes home the grand prize of $10,000 for his victory. In the final bout, Garozzo took a narrow 14-13 lead, but Park was able to string together the final two touches to claim the first Grand Prix title of 2014. Final Park (Kor) d . Garozzo (ITA) 15-14 Semifinals Park (KOR) d. Nikishin (UKR) Garozzo (ITA) d. Avdeev (RUS) Quarter-Finals Nikishin (UKR) d. Sokolov (UZB) Park (KOR ) d. Minobe (JPN) Garozzo (ITA) d. Kauter (SUI) Avdeev (RUS) d. Robeiri (FRA) The FIE individual World Cup series consists of three Grands Prix and five World Cups per year. Videos: 1st Semi-Final Bout: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0IDu7wyeik Prize Pool for the 2014 Doha Men’s Epee Grand Prix: $23,000 USD 1st: $10,000 2nd: $5,000 3rd/4th: $2,000 5th - 8th: $1,000 Previous Winners: 2013: Gabor Boczko (HUN) 2012: Kyoung Doo Park (KOR) 2011: Imre Geza (HUN) 2010: Joerg Fiedler (GER) 2009: Alfredo Rota (ITA)