Sun Yiwen

Sun Yiwen (simplified Chinese: 孙一文; traditional Chinese: 孫一文; pinyin: Sūn Yīwén, born 17 June 1992) is a Chinese left-handed épée fencer.[1] Sun is a three-time team Asian champion and two-time team world champion.

Sun Yiwen
Sun Yiwen in 2013
Personal information
Born	(1992-06-17) 17 June 1992 Qixia, Shandong, China
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Épée
Hand	left-handed
Club	Shandong
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Women's épée Representing  China Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Individual 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual World Championships 2019 Budapest Team 2017 Leipzig Team 2018 Wuxi Team 2023 Milan Individual Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team 2018 Jakarta Team 2018 Jakarta Individual 2022 Hangzhou Team Military World Games 2019 Wuhan Individual

A two-time Olympian, Sun is a 2016 team Olympic silver medalist, 2016 individual Olympic bronze medalist, and 2021 individual Olympic champion.

In Tokyo, Sun became the first Chinese fencer in history to win an Olympic gold medal in individual women's épée, and only the second Chinese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual fencing event, after Luan Jujie, who won a gold medal in individual women's foil at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

During the press conference after her gold medal match, Sun revealed that some time before her departure for Tokyo, she was informed that her father had been diagnosed with cancer and was fighting for his life at a hospital in Beijing.[2]