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CHEN Haiwei

foil
Rank28
Pts49.000
Age29
HandL

Personal Information

Family Wife Cai Yuanting

Residence China

Occupation Athlete

Languages Mandarin

License number 30121994002

Club

GoldSilverBronzeTotal
Zone Championships-123
Suwon City (KOREA), 2014-07-02Hong Kong (HONG KONG, CHINA), 2017-06-15
Tokyo (Chiba) (JAPAN), 2019-06-13
Grand Prix--11
Shanghai (CHINA), 2016-06-03

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing at age 13 in Quanzhou, People's Republic of China.

Why this sport? He was encouraged to take up the sport by a coach.

Club / Team Fujian Province: China

Name of coach He Yongqiang [club, national], CHN; Lei Sheng [national], CHN

Handedness Left

General Interest

Sporting philosophy / motto "Love fencing, love the team, and love myself." (Weibo profile, 30 Dec 2016)

Awards and honours In 2014 he was named an Elite Athlete of International Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. (people.com.cn, 13 May 2015)

Famous relatives His wife Cai Yuanting has represented the People's Republic of China in fencing. She competed in foil events at the world championships in 2022 and 2023. (new.qq.com, 09 Feb 2024; SportsDeskOnline, 10 May 2024)

Ambitions To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (tyj.quanzhou.gov.cn, 02 Feb 2023; fjdaily.com, 27 Feb 2024; fencing.sport.org.cn, 12 Apr 2024)

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