She qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics as a member of the top-ranked Asian team. In the individual event, she defeated Hong Kong's Lin Po Heung in the first round, then lost 8-14 to five-time Olympic champion Valentina Vezzali of Italy.[2] In the team event Japan was crushed 17–45 by Russia in the first round and placed 7th after the ranking matches. Nishioka fenced only against Russia.[3]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the individual foil only, as there was no women's team event.[3]
shiho, nishioka, 西岡, 詩穂, nishioka, shiho, born, february, 1989, japanese, female, foil, fencer, personal, informationborn, 1989, february, 1989, wakayama, wakayama, japanheight1, weight60, sportsportfencingweaponfoilhandright, handednational, coachbernát, zolt. Shiho Nishioka 西岡 詩穂 Nishioka Shiho born 23 February 1989 is a Japanese female foil fencer 1 Shiho NishiokaPersonal informationBorn 1989 02 23 23 February 1989 age 35 Wakayama Wakayama JapanHeight1 69 m 5 ft 7 in Weight60 kg 132 lb SportSportFencingWeaponfoilHandright handedNational coachBernat ZoltanClubNexus FencingFIE rankingcurrent rankingShe qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics as a member of the top ranked Asian team In the individual event she defeated Hong Kong s Lin Po Heung in the first round then lost 8 14 to five time Olympic champion Valentina Vezzali of Italy 2 In the team event Japan was crushed 17 45 by Russia in the first round and placed 7th after the ranking matches Nishioka fenced only against Russia 3 At the 2016 Summer Olympics she competed in the individual foil only as there was no women s team event 3 She took up fencing at the age of 12 4 References edit London2012 com Archived 2012 09 12 at the Wayback Machine Women s Individual Foil Results BBC Sport Retrieved 11 September 2012 a b Shiho Nishioka Olympic results Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Fencer NISHIOKA Shiho JAPAN FIE International Fencing Federation fie org Retrieved 8 December 2017 nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to fencing in Japan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shiho Nishioka amp oldid 1167095700, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
