Zhu Min (; born May 11, 1988, in Changzhou,

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

) is a Chinese sabre fencer. She won a gold medal, as a member of the host nation's fencing team, in the same weapon at the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

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. Zhu is also a member of the Nanjing Province Fencing Team, and is coached and trained by Christian Bauer of France. Zhu represented

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at the

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, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event, along with her teammate

Chen Xiaodong Chen Xiaodong (; born January 11, 1988 in Shanghai) is a Chinese sabre fencer. She won a gold medal, as a member of the host nation's fencing team, in the same weapon at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou. Chen represented China at the 2012 Sum ...

. She defeated Romania's

Bianca Pascu Bianca Alexandru Pascu (born 13 June 1988) is a Romanian sabre fencer. She represented Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event. Career Pascu's first sport was handball. She took ...

and Russia's

Yuliya Gavrilova Yuliya Petrovna Gavrilova (russian: Юлия Петровна Гаврилова; born 20 July 1989) is a Russian sabre fencer. She won two medals (gold in the team event and bronze in the individual), as a member of the Russian team, in sabre at ...

in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the quarterfinal match to U.S. fencer and two-time Olympic champion

Mariel Zagunis Mariel Leigh Zagunis (born March 3, 1985) is an American sabre fencer. She is a two-time Olympic champion in the individual sabre ( 2004 and 2008) and the first American to win a gold medal in Olympic fencing. She was Team USA flag bearer in t ...

, with a final score of 10–15. Zhu is married to fellow Jiangsu fencer Jiang Kelü.

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1988 births Living people Chinese female fencers Olympic fencers for China Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Changzhou Fencers from Jiangsu Fencers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-fencing-bio-stub