In the meeting of the FIE Executive Committee held in November 2015, SUH SANGWON from Korea was named among the Best Foil Referees for 2015. This entitled Mr. Suh a cash reward offered by FIE President Alisher Usmanov.
In the same meeting, SUH SANGWON and Chinese referee JIANG JEFEI were included in the list of Elite referees for 2016, in the respective weapons: Foil for Suh and Saber for Jiang.
Moreover, Iraqi referee FALAH ALAA (Epee) and SUH SANGWON (Foil) were upgraded to the list of A Grade refereees of the FIE.