Lin Sheng
Chinese fencer (born 1994)
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Lin Sheng (林声; born 5 January 1994) is a Chinese fencer.[1]
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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 May 1994 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Épée | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Fujian | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lin is from Fuzhou, Fujian.[2] She won a gold medal in the girls' épée event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.[3][4] She was part of the Chinese girls' team which won gold in the team épée event at the 2011 Junior World Fencing Championships.[5] At the 2015 International Fencing Federation Épée Grand Prix in Rio de Janeiro, she placed 40th.[6] She won gold in the team épée event at the 2014 Asian Fencing Championships, along with teammates Qin Xue, Sun Yiwen, and Sun Yujie.[7] She withdrew from the competition to represent China in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics due to health issues, but recovered later that year, and won gold in the women's individual épée event at the 2016 Chinese Fencing Championships.[8][9]
