Sun Yiwen (, born 17 June 1992) is a Chinese left-handed épée fencer. Sun is a three-time team Asian champion and two-time team world champion.
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.
At the post-medals press conference, Sun stated that when she was training for the competition they were told that her father was not going to make it and "there was a high probability that I would not see him again after Tokyo... But luckily he is still alive and we remain hopeful.
Medal record Olympic Games YearLocationEventPosition2016 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilIndividual Women's Épée3rd2016 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilTeam Women's Épée2nd2021 Tokyo, JapanIndividual Women's Épée1st
World Championship YearLocationEventPosition2013 Budapest, HungaryTeam Women's Épée2nd2015 Moscow, RussiaTeam Women's Épée1st2017 Leipzig, GermanyTeam Women's Épée2nd2018 Wuxi, ChinaTeam Women's Épée3rd2019 Budapest, HungaryTeam Women's Épée1st
Asian Championship YearLocationEventPosition2014 Suwon, South KoreaTeam Women's Épée1st2015 SingaporeTeam Women's Épée2nd2016 Wuxi, ChinaTeam Women's Épée2nd2017 Hong Kong, ChinaIndividual Women's Épée3rd2017 Hong Kong, ChinaTeam Women's Épée1st2018 Bangkok, ThailandTeam Women's Épée1st2019 Tokyo, JapanTeam Women's Épée2nd
Grand Prix DateLocationEventPosition2015-05-23 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilIndividual Women's Épée3rd2019-05-03 Cali, ColombiaIndividual Women's Épée1st
World Cup DateLocationEventPosition2015-10-23 Legnano, ItalyIndividual Women's Épée1st2017-01-20 Barcelona, SpainIndividual Women's Épée1st2017-11-10 Suzhou, ChinaIndividual Women's Épée1st2018-01-19 Havana, CubaIndividual Women's Épée3rd2018-05-04 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesIndividual Women's Épée1st2018-11-09 Tallinn, EstoniaIndividual Women's Épée3rd2019-11-01 Tallinn, EstoniaIndividual Women's Épée3rd
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