Ma Jianfei (, born 29 July 1984) is a Chinese fencer, silver medallist in the

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at Kazan and team silver medallist in the

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at Catania. He won the 2013–14 Fencing World Cup. He went to Ludixi Primary School (荻西小学), in

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. He also took part in the school sports meeting in December 11, 2016.

Career

In 2012, Ma made the podium three times in the

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, including a gold medal in the Prince Takamado World Cup. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's foil, but was defeated in the quarter-finals by Korea's Choi Byung-chul, who eventually earned a bronze medal. Ma finished the 2012–13 season third in world rankings. In the 2013–14 season, Ma won the Ciudad de A Coruña World Cup and the Venice Grand Prix. He also earned a silver medal in the Löwe von Bonn World Cup and a bronze medal in the Prince Takamado World Cup. These results pushed him to the first place of the world rankings in May 2014. He was stopped in the quarter-finals at the

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and came away with no medal. At the

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in Kazan he saw off Czech

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in the quarter-finals, then had a tight 15–14 win over Russia's

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. Ma was defeated in the final by another Russian,

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, and was doomed to a silver medal. In the team event cruised past Egypt, then defeated the top-ranked United States and Italy. They were largely overcome by France in the final and came away with the silver.

References

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