Bianca Pascu
| Bianca Pascu | |
|---|---|
 Pascu at the 2013 World Fencing Championships | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Bianca Alexandru Pascu |
| Born | 13 June 1988 Brașov, Romania |
| Nationality |  Romania |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Weapon | Sabre |
| Hand | right-handed |
| Club | CS Dinamo București[1] |
| Head coach | Alexandru Chiculiță |
| FIE ranking | current ranking |
Bianca Alexandru Pascu (born June 13, 1988 in Braşov) is a Romanian sabre fencer.[1][2] She represented Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event.
Career
Pascu's first sport was handball.[3] She took to fencing at age 10 after a fencing coach from CSM Brașov went to her school and noticed the sport would suit her well.[3] In 2007, she transferred to CS Dinamo Bucharest, where she was trained by Alexandru Chiculiță.[4]
In 2008, Pascu won the silver medal both in the individual and the team events of the Junior European Championships in Ghent. She also earned silver at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, after being defeated in the final by Ukraine's Olha Kharlan.[5] In the World Championships at Catania that same year, she had to forfeit her bout against Germany's Stefanie Kubissa in the table of 64 after she ruptured her knee ligament.[6] After three operations in a row, she qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but lost the first preliminary round bout to China's Zhu Min, with a score of 10–15.[7] In the 2013 World Championships at Budapest, she defeated Julieta Toledo of Mexico in the table of 64, but stumbled against Ukraine's Halyna Pundyk.
References
- ^ a b "Bianca Pascu". London 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bianca Pascu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ a b Adrian Țone. "După trei operaţii la picior, sabrera Bianca Pascu atacă încrezătoare Londra". Mediafax.
- ^ Sport Revolution, ed. (16 June 2012). "Toți pentru unul și unul pentru toți!".
- ^ Mirel Popescu (16 August 2011). "Bianca Pascu, medaliată cu argint la Universiada de la Shenzhen". România Liberă.
- ^ The Epoch Times, ed. (26 April 2012). "Calificarea la Olimpiadă, o marie victorie pentru Bianca Pascu".
- ^ "Women's Individual Sabre Round of 32". London 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
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