Zhu Min (fencer)

Zhu Min
Personal information
Nationality China
Born (1988-05-11) 11 May 1988 (age 36)
Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
EventSabre
ClubNanjing Province Fencing
Team[1]
Coached byChristian Bauer (FRA)[1]
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing  China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team sabre

Zhu Min (Chinese: 朱敏; pinyin: Zhū Mǐn; born May 11, 1988, in Changzhou, Jiangsu) is a Chinese sabre fencer.[1][2] She won a gold medal, as a member of the host nation's fencing team, in the same weapon at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.[3] Zhu is also a member of the Nanjing Province Fencing Team, and is coached and trained by Christian Bauer of France.[1]

Zhu represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event, along with her teammate Chen Xiaodong. She defeated Romania's Bianca Pascu and Russia's Yuliya Gavrilova in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the quarterfinal match to U.S. fencer and two-time Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis, with a final score of 10–15.[4][5]

Zhu is married to fellow Jiangsu fencer Jiang Kelü.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d "Zhu Min". London 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zhu Min". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  3. ^ "China wins women's sabre team gold at Asian Games". Xinhua News Agency. Chinese Olympic Committee. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Women's Individual Sabre Quarterfinals". London 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  5. ^ Hersh, Philip (1 August 2012). "London Olympics: Mariel Zagunis rolls into semifinals in fencing". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  6. ^ "蒋科律:夫妻双双征战伦敦". Wuxi Daily. 2012-07-23. Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-10-30.