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Shiho Nishioka
Personal information
Born (1989-02-23) 23 February 1989 (age 35)
Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Fencing
Weapon foil
Handright-handed
National coachBernát Zoltán
ClubNexus Fencing
FIE ranking current ranking

Shiho Nishioka (西岡 詩穂, Nishioka Shiho, born 23 February 1989) is a Japanese female foil fencer. [1]

She qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics as a member of the top-ranked Asian team. In the individual event, she defeated Hong Kong's Lin Po Heung in the first round, then lost 8-14 to five-time Olympic champion Valentina Vezzali of Italy. [2] In the team event Japan was crushed 17–45 by Russia in the first round and placed 7th after the ranking matches. Nishioka fenced only against Russia. [3]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the individual foil only, as there was no women's team event. [3]

She took up fencing at the age of 12. [4]

References

  1. ^ London2012.com Archived 2012-09-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Women's Individual Foil Results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Shiho Nishioka Olympic results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Fencer - NISHIOKA Shiho - JAPAN - FIE - International Fencing Federation". fie.org. Retrieved 8 December 2017.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shiho Nishioka
Personal information
Born (1989-02-23) 23 February 1989 (age 35)
Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Fencing
Weapon foil
Handright-handed
National coachBernát Zoltán
ClubNexus Fencing
FIE ranking current ranking

Shiho Nishioka (西岡 詩穂, Nishioka Shiho, born 23 February 1989) is a Japanese female foil fencer. [1]

She qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics as a member of the top-ranked Asian team. In the individual event, she defeated Hong Kong's Lin Po Heung in the first round, then lost 8-14 to five-time Olympic champion Valentina Vezzali of Italy. [2] In the team event Japan was crushed 17–45 by Russia in the first round and placed 7th after the ranking matches. Nishioka fenced only against Russia. [3]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the individual foil only, as there was no women's team event. [3]

She took up fencing at the age of 12. [4]

References

  1. ^ London2012.com Archived 2012-09-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Women's Individual Foil Results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Shiho Nishioka Olympic results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Fencer - NISHIOKA Shiho - JAPAN - FIE - International Fencing Federation". fie.org. Retrieved 8 December 2017.



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