Sun Yiwen

Sun Yiwen
Sun Yiwen in 2013
Personal information
Born (1992-06-17) 17 June 1992 (age 32)
Qixia, Shandong, China
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
WeaponÉpée
Handleft-handed
ClubShandong
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's épée
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Individual
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Leipzig Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Wuxi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Milan Individual
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan Individual
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Kuwait City Individual
Silver medal – second place 2024 Kuwait City Team

Sun Yiwen (simplified Chinese: 孙一文; traditional Chinese: 孫一文; pinyin: Sūn Yīwén, born 17 June 1992) is a Chinese left-handed épée fencer.[1] Sun is a three-time team Asian champion and two-time team world champion.

A two-time Olympian, Sun is a 2016 team Olympic silver medalist, 2016 individual Olympic bronze medalist, and 2021 individual Olympic champion.

In Tokyo, Sun became the first Chinese fencer in history to win an Olympic gold medal in individual women's épée, and only the second Chinese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual fencing event, after Luan Jujie, who won a gold medal in individual women's foil at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

During the press conference after her gold medal match, Sun revealed that some time before her departure for Tokyo, she was informed that her father had been diagnosed with cancer and was fighting for his life at a hospital in Beijing.[2]

  1. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Hungary's Szilagyi in dreamland after making Olympic fencing history". france24.com. 24 July 2021.