Lei Sheng

Lei Sheng (2013)

Lei Sheng ( Chinese  雷声 , Pinyin Léi Shēng ; born March 7, 1984 in Tianjin ) is a Chinese foil fencer and Olympic champion .

successes

In 2006, Lei Sheng won a bronze medal in the individual foil foil at the World Championships in Turin , and in 2007 he succeeded again at the World Championships in St. Petersburg . In 2008 he won bronze at the Asian Championships in Bangkok and took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing , where he was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Benjamin Kleibrink and therefore finished eighth. At the 2010 Asian Championships in Seoul he won silver in singles and at the World Championships in Paris also silver in singles, with the Chinese team he won gold. In 2011, Lei Sheng won the World Championship in Catania with the team . In 2012 he was Asian champion in Wakayama and Lei Sheng won gold at the Olympic Games in London .

Web links

Commons : Lei Sheng  - Collection of Images

• Sheng Lei - Rankings and Results in the database of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (English / French)
• Lei Sheng in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Lei is the family name here, Sheng is the first name.