Name | Chida Kenta | |||
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NOC | ![]() |
Date of Birth | 02 AUG 1985 | |
Residence | Gender | Male | ||
Height | - cm | Weight | - kg | |
Discipline | Fencing |
Start Date | Start Time | Event | Phase | Score | Results | Opponent | |
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Name | NOC | ||||||
25 SEP 2014 | 19 : 00 | Men's Foil Team | Finals | 45 : 42 | Win | ![]() |
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25 SEP 2014 | 15 : 30 | Men's Foil Team | Semifinals | 45 : 29 | Win | ![]() |
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25 SEP 2014 | 14 : 00 | Men's Foil Team | Quarterfinals | 45 : 10 | Win | ![]() |
Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
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Asian Games | ||||
2 | Foil Team | 2010 | Guangzhou, CHN | |
3 | Foil Team | 2006 | Doha, QAT | |
9 | Foil Individual | 2010 | Guangzhou, CHN | |
Olympic Games | ||||
2 | Foil Team | 2012 | London, GBR | |
11 | Foil Individual | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | |
24 | Foil Individual | 2012 | London, GBR | |
World Championships | ||||
3 | Foil Team | 2010 | Paris, FRA | |
5 | Foil Team | 2011 | Catania, ITA | |
5 | Foil Team | 2009 | Antalya, TUR | |
12 | Foil Team | 2013 | Budapest, HUN | |
13 | Foil Team | 2007 | St. Petersburg, RUS | |
15 | Foil Individual | 2011 | Catania, ITA | |
16 | Foil Individual | 2013 | Budapest, HUN | |
18 | Foil Individual | 2007 | St. Petersburg, RUS | |
28 | Foil Individual | 2010 | Paris, FRA | |
75 | Foil Individual | 2009 | Antalya, TUR | |
World Cup | ||||
3 | Foil Individual | 2012/2013 | Havana, CUB | |
11 | Foil Individual | 2013/2014 | Paris, FRA | |
12 | Foil Individual | 2013/2014 | St. Petersburg, RUS | |
13 | Foil Individual | 2011/2012 | Paris, FRA | |
15 | Foil Individual | 2012/2013 | Tokyo, JPN | |
16 | Foil Individual | 2010/2011 | A Corunya, ESP | |
17 | Foil Individual | 2013/2014 | Venice, ITA | |
18 | Foil Individual | 2013/2014 | Bonn, GER | |
20 | Foil Individual | 2010/2011 | Bonn, GER | |
24 | Foil Individual | 2012/2013 | Seoul, KOR | |
25 | Foil Individual | 2011/2012 | Seoul, KOR | |
31 | Foil Individual | 2010/2011 | Shanghai, CHN | |
32 | Foil Individual | 2010/2011 | Paris, FRA | |
34 | Foil Individual | 2011/2012 | St. Petersburg, RUS | |
36 | Foil Individual | 2013/2014 | Seoul, KOR | |
37 | Foil Individual | 2013/2014 | A Corunya, ESP | |
38 | Foil Individual | 2013/2014 | Tokyo, JPN | |
38 | Foil Individual | 2011/2012 | A Corunya, ESP | |
42 | Foil Individual | 2010/2011 | Venice, ITA | |
44 | Foil Individual | 2011/2012 | Tokyo, JPN | |
49 | Foil Individual | 2010/2011 | St. Petersburg, RUS | |
51 | Foil Individual | 2012/2013 | Bonn, GER | |
51 | Foil Individual | 2012/2013 | Venice, ITA | |
55 | Foil Individual | 2010/2011 | Seoul, KOR | |
Asian Championships | ||||
2 | Foil Team | 2013 | Shanghai, CHN | |
2 | Foil Individual | 2011 | Seoul, KOR | |
2 | Foil Team | 2011 | Seoul, KOR | |
3 | Foil Individual | 2014 | Suwon, KOR | |
3 | Foil Team | 2012 | Wakayama, JPN | |
8 | Foil Individual | 2013 | Shanghai, CHN |
Higher education | Literature - Chuo University, Tokyo, JPN |
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Languages Spoken | Japanese |
Club | Nexus Fencing Team, Tokyo, JPN |
Coach | Oleg Matseichuk [national] UKR; Shikine Yuichi [club] JPN (fencing-jpn.jp, 08 Mar 2013; nexus-group.jp, 01 Apr 2014) |
Plays | Left (chuo-u.ac.jp, 20 Sep 2007) |
Sporting / famous Relatives | His father Kenichi also represented Japan in fencing and missed the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow due to a boycott. (chuo-u.ac.jp, 20 Sep 2007) |
Additional Information | Start of sporting career He took up fencing in his first year of high school. (chuo-u.ac.jp, 20 Sep 2007) Reason for taking up this sport His father influenced him to take up the sport. (chuo-u.ac.jp, 20 Sep 2007) Awards He received the Kesennuma Citizens' Medal of Honour in 2012. (school.js88.com, Jan 2013) General FROM RIGHT TO LEFT When he was young he was naturally a right-handed fencer but his father forced him to learn to fence with his left hand because he felt that left-handed competitors held an advantage. (chuo-u.ac.jp, 20 Sep 2007) HOMETOWN HERO He is from Kesennuma City which suffered great damages from the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011. After the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the city arranged a victory parade for him in recognition of his silver medal in the team foil event. The city still had collapsed buildings when the parade was held. (city.kesennuma.lg.jp, 20 Aug 2012; nikkansports.com, 13 Aug 2012) DEDICATION He dedicated his silver medal from the 2012 Olympic Games in London to close friend Satoshi Onodera, who was one of the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011. Onodera had helped convince him to remain in the sport after he contemplated retiring following the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (japandailyexpress.com, 07 Aug 2012) Social Media Hear more from the athlete via their Facebook. |