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Hand
  
right-handed

Name
  
Shiho Nishioka

Weapons
  
Foil

FIE Ranking
  
current ranking

Weight
  
60 kg

Club
  
Nexus Fencing

Height
  
1.69 m

National coach(es)
  
Bernat Zoltan

Role
  
Olympic athlete


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Born
  
23 February 1989 (age 34) Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan (
1989-02-23
)

Shiho Nishioka (西岡 詩穂; born 23 February 1989) is a Japanese female foil fencer.

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. 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.

References

Shiho Nishioka Wikipedia