Wang Haibin (; born 27 December 1973 in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is Chairman of the China Fencing Association and Head Coach of the China National Fencing Team. In November 2021 in Lausanne, he was elected to a 3-year term on the executive committee of the

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(FIE). Earlier in his career, he was an internationally ranked

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fencer. He competed at the

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and

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. He first competed at the Olympics in 1992, where he was eliminated in the second round of the Olympic foil tournament and finished tenth with the Chinese foil team in the team event. In 1996, he was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Olympic foil tournament and finished ninth with the Chinese foil team in the team event. Four years later in Sydney, he won the silver medal as part of the Chinese foil team. In the 2000 Olympic foil tournament he was eliminated in the round of 16 again. In 2004 in Athens, he won the silver medal again as a member of the Chinese foil team. In the individual Olympic foil tournament he was eliminated in the first round again. From 2005 to 2016, Wang served as the head men's foil coach for China's National Fencing Team, during which time he helped

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win a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. From 2016 to 2021, Wang coached in the United States in New Haven, CT, where he helped lead a resurgence of the

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Men's and Women's Fencing Teams.

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1973 births Living people Chinese male fencers Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of China Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Nanjing Asian Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 1994 Asian Games Fencers at the 1998 Asian Games Fencers at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Universiade medalists in fencing Fencers from Jiangsu Universiade bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade {{PRChina-Olympic-medalist-stub