Ma Jianfei

Ma Jianfei
File:Ma Jianfei CIP 2015 ind t090300.jpg Ma at the 2015 Paris World Cup
Personal information
Country represented	China
Born	(1984-08-24) 24 August 1984 Guangzhou, China
Weapon(s)	Foil
Hand	right-handed
Height
Weight	77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
FIE Ranking	current ranking
Medal record World Championships 2011 Catania Team 2014 Kazan Individual 2014 Kazan Team 2015 Moscow Team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Individual 2014 Incheon Team

Ma Jianfei (Chinese: 马剑飞, born 24 July 1984) is a Chinese fencer, silver medallist in the 2014 World Fencing Championships at Kazan and team silver medallist in the 2011 World Fencing Championships at Catania. He won the 2013–14 Fencing World Cup.

Career

In 2012, Ma made the podium three times in the Fencing World Cup, including a gold medal in the Prince Takamado World Cup. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's foil, but was defeated in the quarter-finals by Korea's Choi Byung-chul, who eventually earned a bronze medal. Ma finished the 2012–13 season third in world rankings.

In the 2013–14 season, Ma won the Ciudad de A Coruña World Cup and the Venice Grand Prix. He also earned a silver medal in the Löwe von Bonn World Cup and a bronze medal in the Prince Takamado World Cup. These results pushed him to the first place of the world rankings in May 2014. He was stopped in the quarter-finals at the Asian Championships and came away with no medal. At the World Championships in Kazan he saw off Czech Alexander Choupenitch in the quarter-finals, then had a tight 15–15 win over Russia's Timur Safin. Ma was defeated in the final by another Russian, Aleksey Cheremisinov, and was doomed to a silver medal. In the team event cruised past Egypt, then defeated the top-ranked United States and Italy. They were largely overcome by France in the final and came away with the silver.