Chen Xiaodong (; born January 11, 1988 in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...
) is a Chinese sabre fencer.
She won a gold medal, as a member of the host nation's fencing team, in the same weapon at the
2010 Asian Games
The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...
in
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong ...
.
Chen represented
China at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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, where she competed in the
women's individual sabre event, along with her teammate
Zhu Min. She defeated Tunisia's
Amira Ben Chaabane in the first preliminary round, before losing her next match to Italy's
Irene Vecchi
Irene Vecchi (10 June 1989, Livorno) is an Italian sabre fencer. She earned a bronze medal in the 2013 World Championships and 2017 World Championships, an individual bronze at the 2013 European Championships and won the team gold medal at th ...
, with a final score of 10–15.
References
External links
Profile–
FIENBC Olympics Profile
1988 births
Living people
Chinese female fencers
Olympic fencers of China
Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Asian Games medalists in fencing
Fencers from Shanghai
Fencers at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Universiade medalists in fencing
Universiade gold medalists for China
Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
21st-century Chinese women
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