Lei Sheng (; born 7 March 1984) is a Chinese left-handed foil fencer, six-time team Asian champion, 2012 individual Asian champion, two-time team world champion, three-time Olympian, and 2012 individual Olympic champion.
Career Lei took up fencing because he liked Zorro. His results as a junior were unremarkable. The 2005–06 season saw his breakthrough: he climbed his first World Cup podium with a silver medal at La Coruña, followed by a victory at Espinho and a bronze medal at the Torino World Championships. He finished the season 5th in world rankings. In the following season he won the Bonn World Cup, the St Petersburg Grand Prix and the Montreal World Cup, along with a bronze medal in Venice. He placed third again in the World Championships after losing in the semifinals to Italy's Andrea Baldini.
He competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was defeated in the quarter-finals by eventual gold medallist Benjamin Kleibrink.Olympic results At the 2012 London Olympics, he won the gold medal in men's individual foil after defeating Egypt's Alaaeldin Abouelkassem with a score of 15–13.
Along with 2013 world champion Miles Chamley-Watson of the United States, Lei was named “athlete role model” for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. He was also chosen to bear the Chinese flag at the 2014 Asian Games and the 2016 Summer Olympics. Lei is the first ever Chinese Olympic athlete competing in a summer sport other than basketball to carry the Chinese flag in the opening ceremony.
Medal Record
Olympic Games YearLocationEventPosition2012 London, United KingdomIndividual Men's Foil1st
World Championship YearLocationEventPosition2006 Turin, ItalyIndividual Men's Foil3rd2007 St. Petersburg, RussiaIndividual Men's Foil3rd2010 Paris, FranceIndividual Men's Foil2nd2010 Paris, FranceTeam Men's Foil1st2011 Catania, ItalyTeam Men's Foil1st2014 Kazan, RussiaTeam Men's Foil2nd2015 Moscow, RussiaTeam Men's Foil3rd
Asian Championship YearLocationEventPosition2007 Nantong, ChinaTeam Men's Foil1st2008 Bangkok, ThailandIndividual Men's Foil3rd2008 Bangkok, ThailandTeam Men's Foil1st2010 Seoul, South KoreaIndividual Men's Foil2nd2010 Seoul, South KoreaTeam Men's Foil1st2011 Seoul, South KoreaTeam Men's Foil1st2012 Wakayama, JapanIndividual Men's Foil1st2012 Wakayama, JapanTeam Men's Foil2nd2013 Shanghai, ChinaTeam Men's Foil3rd2014 Suwon, South KoreaTeam Men's Foil1st2015 SingaporeTeam Men's Foil1st2016 Wuxi, ChinaIndividual Men's Foil3rd2016 Wuxi, ChinaTeam Men's Foil2nd
Grand Prix DateLocationEventPosition03/09/2007 St. Petersburg, RussiaIndividual Men's Foil1st06/08/2008 Havana, CubaIndividual Men's Foil3rd01/29/2010 Paris, FranceIndividual Men's Foil1st02/19/2010 Venice, ItalyIndividual Men's Foil1st05/24/2010 St. Petersburg, RussiaIndividual Men's Foil1st
World Cup DateLocationEventPosition02/03/2006 A Coruña, SpainIndividual Men's Foil2nd05/13/2006 Espinho, PortugalIndividual Men's Foil1st03/03/2007 Bonn, GermanyIndividual Men's Foil1st03/23/2007 Venice, ItalyIndividual Men's Foil3rd05/31/2007 Montreal, CanadaIndividual Men's Foil1st05/17/2008 Jeju, South KoreaIndividual Men's Foil3rd02/06/2010 A Coruña, SpainIndividual Men's Foil3rd06/17/2011 Havana, CubaIndividual Men's Foil3rd
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