Jujie Luan

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Jujie Luan (Chinese order of the name Luan Jujie, Chinese  栾 菊 杰 , Pinyin Lúan Jújíe ; born July 14, 1958 in Nanjing ) is a Canadian foil fencer of Chinese origin.

Luan was a promising runner and badminton player as a junior but then switched to fencing at the age of 17. In 1978 she became vice-junior world champion. Luan was the first Asian female fencer since 1901 to take part in an international tournament. In 1979 she won the Chinese title. At the world championship in 1981 in Clermont-Ferrand she was second and only lost to Cornelia Hanisch in the final. In 1983 she was the first Asian woman to win an international fencing tournament, and she also came third at the 1983 World Cup in Vienna . The Chinese achieved her greatest success at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , where she won the gold medal in the final against Hanisch. This made her the first Asian woman to win gold fencing. In 1985 she moved to Edmonton , Canada, which she had met during the 1983 Summer Universiade ; however, it initially continued for China. Luan was third at the 1987 World Championships in Lausanne and competed at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , but without achieving any results worth mentioning.

In 1989 Luan settled permanently in Edmonton with her three children and became a Canadian citizen in 1994. She became a fencing teacher and driving force at the Edmonton Fencing Club . She also fought in the World Cup and won the Canadian Champion title in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999. In 2000 she was able to qualify again for the Olympic Games in Sydney at the age of 42 . It was her first game for Canada. Luan was eliminated in the first round. At the age of 50, the Canadian was able to qualify again for the Games in her former home China, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . After beating Tunisian Inès Boubakri in the first round, she had to admit defeat to Hungarian Aida Mohamed in round two . With the team, she lost high against Ukraine in the first round.

Despite changing her citizenship, Luan remained extremely popular in China. In 1999 she was chosen among the 35 best athletes in China since the People's Republic was founded in 1949. A film was also made about her. During her career, she had repeatedly struggled with kidney problems, but was also known for her serenity. Once she went on a fight, even though a broken foil had injured her arm.

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  1. ↑ Chinese Olympic Committee bio. July 3, 2013, accessed December 15, 2014 .
  2. ^ "No Way to Cut Luan Story" short film by Terry Bell, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Luan, jujie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 栾 菊 杰; Lúan Jújíe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian foil fencer of Chinese origin
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Nanjing