Chen Haiwei (Chinese: 陈海威; born 30 December 1994) is a Chinese competitive foil fencer. He has won three medals (one gold, one silver, one bronze) at the Asian Fencing Championships, two medals (one silver, one bronze) at the Asian Games, and two medals (one silver, one bronze) at the World Fencing Championships.
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| Born | 30 December 1994 Quanzhou, Fujian, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weapon | Foil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editA restless child, Chen enjoyed many different sports. He took up fencing at age 13 after his parents had him try different options for the summer holidays.[2] He created a surprise in the 2014 Junior World Championships at Plovdiv by defeating in the semi-final Alexander Massialas of the United States, then Alexander Choupenitch of the Czech Republic.[3] The same year Chen won the silver medal at the 2014 Asian Fencing Championships in Suwon.[4] In the World Championships at Kazan he was defeated in the second round by Aleksey Cheremisinov, who eventually won the gold medal. In the team event, No.5 seed China defeated Egypt, the United States and Italy to meet France in the final. They were overcome 25–45 and came away with the silver medal.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Chen Haiwei". FIE / Infostrada Sports. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "7年磨砺登顶世界 陈海威还有"更大野心"" [Chen Haiwei's greater ambition]. sport.cn (in Chinese). 18 April 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Gold medals to Haiwei Chen in Junior men's foil and Anna Marton in Junior women's sabre". International Fencing Federation. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014.
- ^ "2014 Asian Fencing Championships, men's foil individual" (PDF). Asian Fencing Confederation.
- ^ Patrick Issert (22 June 2014). "Fleuret : les Bleus sacrés" [Fencing: the sacred Blue] (in French). Retrieved 17 January 2016.
External links
edit- Chen Haiwei at the International Fencing Federation
- Chen Haiwei at Olympedia
- Chen Haiwei at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived)
