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Hand
  
left-handed

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Weapons
  
Sabre

Name
  
Tan Xue

Retired
  
2011

FIE Ranking
  
ranking (archive)

Spouse
  
Wang Jingzhi (m. 2010)

Weight
  
66 kg (146 lb)

Height
  
1.75 m



Born
  
30 January 1984 (age 40) Tianjin, China (
1984-01-30
)

Olympic medals
  
Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team sabre

Similar People
  
Bao Yingying, Sada Jacobson, Mariel Zagunis, Olena Khomrova, Rebecca Ward

Tan Xue (simplified Chinese: 谭雪; traditional Chinese: 譚雪; pinyin: Tán Xuě; born January 30, 1984 in Tianjin) is a female Chinese fencer who won silver medals in the Sabre Individual at the 2004 Summer Olympics and in the Team Sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

She became world champion in 2002, defeating the former double world champion Yelena Jemayeva in the final, and won silver medals in both Individual and Team Sabre at the 2003 World Championship. She won the Fencing World Cup in the 2001–02 and the 2006–07 seasons.

References

Tan Xue Wikipedia


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