Bianca Alexandru Pascu (born 13 June 1988) is a Romanian
sabre
A sabre ( French: sabŹ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ...
fencer.
She represented
Romania
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at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in
London
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, where she competed in the
women's individual sabre event.
Career
Pascu's first sport was
handball
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.
She took to fencing at age 10 after a fencing coach from CSM BraČov 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 ChiculiČÄ
Alexandru ChiculiČÄ (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
Ghent
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. She also earned silver at the
2011 Summer Universiade
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in
Shenzhen
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, after being defeated in the final by Ukraine's
Olha Kharlan
Olha Hennadiyivna Kharlan ( uk, ŠŠ»ŃŠ³Š° ŠŠµŠ½Š½Š°Š“ŃŃŠ²Š½Š° Š„Š°ŃŠ»Š°Š½; 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
Catania
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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
2012 Summer Olympics
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, but lost the first preliminary round bout to China's
Zhu Min, with a score of 10ā15. 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
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1988 births
Living people
Romanian female sabre fencers
Olympic fencers for Romania
Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from BraČov
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