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Wang Huifeng (Chinese: 王会凤, born 24 January 1968) is a female Chinese fencer. She competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, and won a silver medal in women's individual foil event.[1][2]

Wang Huifeng
Wang at the 2017 March North American Cup
Personal information
Born	(1968-01-24) January 24, 1968 (age 54) Tianjin, China
Nationality	Chinese
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Foil
Hand	Left-handed
Head coach	Guogang Wen
Medal record Women's fencing Representing  China Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Individual World Championships 1990 Lyon Team Asian Games 1990 Beijing Team 1998 Bangkok Team World University Games 1987 Zagreb Team

Wang is currently coaching at the Gold Fencing Club in Waltham, Massachusetts. Many of her students are national finalists.

Career

Wang started relatively late in her fencing career. She was fourteen years old when she started fencing. Wang competed at the 1987 World University Games and placed 2nd in the women's foil team event. She also represented China at the 1989, 1990, and 1991 World Championships, placing 6th, 3rd, and 6th respectively in women's foil team.[3] At the 1990 Asian Games, she won gold in the women's foil team event. She went on the represent China at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and won silver in individual women's foil.[4] She also represented China at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and finished 29th.[5] She competed at the 1998 Asian Games and finished 2nd in women's foil team and 5th in individual women's foil.[3] After competing in several national and international events for China, she moved to the U.S. and became a coach. The first club she taught at was in Las Vegas, NV at Red Rock Fencing Center. She currently coaches at Gold Fencing Club in Waltham, Massachusetts which she founded in 2013.

Coaching career

Huifeng Wang has taught at Red Rock Fencing Center in Las Vegas, NV and Moe Wen Fencing Club in Somerville, MA and she currently coaches at the Gold Fencing Club in Waltham, MA (formerly known as Huifeng Wang Fencing Club) which she founded in 2013.

Wang's students have won a total of at least a dozen medals in National Championships and North American Cups in both men's and women's foil. Her students have received countless medals in local and regional tournaments, and many are national finalists and/or nationally ranked in youth, cadet, junior, and senior US national point standings.

References

External links

• Wang Huifeng at the Chinese Olympic Committee (also available in Chinese)
• Wang Huifeng at the International Olympic Committee
• Wang Huifeng at Olympics.com

На других языках

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Wang Huifeng[1] (王会凤S, Wáng HuìfèngP; 24 gennaio 1968) è un'ex schermitrice cinese, specializzata nel fioretto, vincitrice di una medaglia d'argento ai Giochi olimpici.

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