Wang Haibin

Wang Haibin (simplified Chinese: 王海滨; traditional Chinese: 王海濱; pinyin: Wáng Hǎibīn; born 15 December 1973 in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is currently the Head Coach of the Yale University Men's and Women's Fencing Teams and also the Chairman of the China Fencing Association.[1] Earlier in his career, he was an internationally ranked male Chinese foil fencer. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]

Wang Haibin

Wang in 2019
Personal information
Born	(1973-12-15) 15 December 1973 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Men's fencing Representing  China Olympic Games 2000 Sydney team foil 2004 Athens team foil

He first competed at the Olympics in 1992, where he was eliminated in the second round of the Olympic foil tournament and finished tenth with the Chinese foil team in the team event.

In 1996, he was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Olympic foil tournament and finished ninth with the Chinese foil team in the team event.

Four years later in Sydney, he won the silver medal as part of the Chinese foil team. In the 2000 Olympic foil tournament he was eliminated in the round of 16 again.

In 2004 in Athens, he won the silver medal again as a member of the Chinese foil team.[3] In the individual Olympic foil tournament he was eliminated in the first round again.

Prior to Yale, Wang served as the head men's foil coach for China's National Fencing Team, where he helped Lei Sheng win a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.[4]