Jaime Martí Marcos (born 5 October 1979 in
Madrid
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) is a Spanish sabre fencer. Marti represented
Spain
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in
Beijing
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, where he competed in the
men's individual sabre event, along with his teammate
Jorge Pina. He defeated Russia's
Nikolay Kovalev in the preliminary round of thirty-two, before losing out his next match to China's
Zhong Man
Zhong Man (, born February 28, 1983 in Nantong, Jiangsu) is a Chinese sabre fencer, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the second ever gold medal for China in fencing. During the 07/08 season, he was ranked number 2 in the ...
, with a sudden death score of 14–15.
References
External links
Profile–
FIENBC 2008 Olympics profile
1979 births
Living people
Spanish male sabre fencers
Olympic fencers for Spain
Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Fencers from Madrid
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