Wang Haibin (; born 27 December 1973 in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is Chairman of the China Fencing Association and Head Coach of the China National Fencing Team. In November 2021 in Lausanne, he was elected to a 3-year term on the executive committee of the International Fencing Federation (FIE). Earlier in his career, he was an internationally ranked Chinese foil fencer. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.

He first competed at the Olympics in 1992, where he was eliminated in the second round of the Olympic foil tournament and finished tenth with the Chinese foil team in the team event.

Wang Haibin

In 1996, he was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Olympic foil tournament and finished ninth with the Chinese foil team in the team event.

Wang Haibin

Four years later in Sydney, he won the silver medal as part of the Chinese foil team. In the 2000 Olympic foil tournament he was eliminated in the round of 16 again.

Wang Haibin

In 2004 in Athens, he won the silver medal again as a member of the Chinese foil team. In the individual Olympic foil tournament he was eliminated in the first round again.

From 2005 to 2016, Wang served as the head men's foil coach for China's National Fencing Team, during which time he helped Lei Sheng win a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. From 2016 to 2021, Wang coached in the United States in New Haven, CT, where he helped lead a resurgence of the Yale University Men's and Women's Fencing Teams.

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1973 births

Living people

Chinese male fencers

Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Olympic fencers for China

Olympic silver medalists for China

Olympic medalists in fencing

Sportspeople from Nanjing

Asian Games medalists in fencing

Fencers at the 1994 Asian Games

Fencers at the 1998 Asian Games

Fencers at the 2002 Asian Games

Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Asian Games gold medalists for China

Asian Games silver medalists for China

Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games

Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games

Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games

Universiade medalists in fencing

Fencers from Jiangsu

Universiade bronze medalists for China

Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade

Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade

Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade