Chen Haiwei

Chen Haiwei
Chen at the 2014 Challenge International de Paris
Personal information
Born	(1994-12-30) 30 December 1994 (age 26) Quanzhou, Fujian, China
Nationality	Chinese
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Foil
Hand	left-handed
FIE ranking	current ranking
show Medal record World Championships 2014 Kazan Team 2015 Moscow Team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team 2014 Incheon Individual Asian Championships 2014 Suwon Team 2014 Suwon Foil 2013 Shanghai Team

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.

Career[]

A 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]

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