Chen Haiwei

Chen Haiwei
Chen at the 2014 Challenge International de Paris
Personal information
Born	(1994-12-30) 30 December 1994 Quanzhou, Fujian
Weapon(s)	Foil
Hand	left-handed
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
FIE Ranking	current ranking
Medal record Competitor for  China Men's foil World Championships Silver 2014 Kazan Team foil Asian Games Silver 2014 Incheon Team foil Bronze 2014 Incheon Individual Asian Championships Gold 2014 Suwon Team foil Silver 2014 Suwon Foil Bronze 2013 Shanghai Team foil

Chen Haiwei (Chinese: 陈海威; born 30 December 1994) is a Chinese foil fencer, silver medal in the 2014 Asian Fencing Championships and team silver medal in the 2014 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.^[1] 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.^[2] The same year Chen won the silver medal at the 2014 Asian Fencing Championships in Suwon.^[3] 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.^[4]

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