Bianca Alexandru Pascu (born 13 June 1988) is a Romanian

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fencer. She represented

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at the

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, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event.

Career

Pascu's first sport was

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. She took to fencing at age 10 after a fencing coach from CSM Brașov went to her school and noticed the sport would suit her well. In 2007, she transferred to CS Dinamo Bucharest, where she was trained by

Alexandru Chiculiță Alexandru Chiculiță (born 3 February 1961) is a retired Romanian sabre fencer. He competed at the 1984 and 1992 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1984. After retiring from competitions he worked as a fencing coach, and currently trains t ...

. In 2008, Pascu won the silver medal both in the individual and the team events of the Junior European Championships in

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. She also earned silver at the

2011 Summer Universiade The 2011 Summer Universiade ( zh, c=2011年夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Èr líng yī yī Nián xiàjì shìjiè dàxuéshēng yùndònghuì), the XXVI Summer Universiade ( zh, c=第二十六届夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Dì Èrshíl ...

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, after being defeated in the final by Ukraine's

Olha Kharlan Olha Hennadiyivna Kharlan ( uk, Ольга Геннадіївна Харлан; born 4 September 1990) is a Ukrainian right-handed sabre fencer. Kharlan is a two-time team European champion, six-time individual European champion, two-time team ...

. In the World Championships at

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that same year, she had to forfeit her bout against Germany's Stefanie Kubissa in the table of 64 after she ruptured her knee ligament. After three operations in a row, she qualified for the

, but lost the first preliminary round bout to China's Zhu Min, with a score of 10–15. In the 2013 World Championships at Budapest, she defeated

Julieta Toledo Julieta Toledo (born 24 May 1997) is a Mexican sabre fencer. References 1997 births Living people Mexican female sabre fencers Fencers from Mexico City Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Mexico Fencers at the 2014 ...

of Mexico in the table of 64, but stumbled against Ukraine's Halyna Pundyk. She won bronze at the 2017 European Championships.

References

External links

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EuroFencing Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pascu, Bianca 1988 births Living people Romanian female sabre fencers Olympic fencers for Romania Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Brașov Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade silver medalists for Romania European Games competitors for Romania Fencers at the 2015 European Games World Fencing Championships medalists Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade