Chen Xiaodong (; born January 11, 1988, in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

) 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

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. Chen represented

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at the

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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, with a final score of 10–15.

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1988 births Living people Chinese female fencers Olympic fencers for 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 Summer World University Games medalists in fencing FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Chinese sportswomen {{PRChina-fencing-bio-stub