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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kenta_Chida > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kenta_Chida.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenta_Chida > Source revision: 1340211688 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Japanese fencer (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox fencer | name = Kenta Chida | image = Kenta Chida CIP 2015 quals t142429.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|8|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Kesennuma, Miyagi](/source/Kesennuma%2C_Miyagi), Japan | weapon = [foil](/source/foil_(fencing)) | hand = left-handed | height = {{convert|1.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|65|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | natlcoach = Oleg Matseichuk | formercoach = | club = Nexus Fencing Team | headcoach = | country = Japan | retired = | fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/13281 current ranking] | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Fencing_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}} {{MedalSilver| [2012 London](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics) | [Team](/source/Fencing_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_foil)}} {{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/World_Fencing_Championships)}} {{MedalBronze| [2010 Paris](/source/2010_World_Fencing_Championships) | [Team](/source/Team)}} {{MedalCompetition|[Asian Fencing Championships](/source/Asian_Fencing_Championships)}} {{MedalSilver| [2011 Seoul](/source/2011_Asian_Fencing_Championships) | [Individual](/source/Individual)}} {{MedalSilver| [2005 Kota Kinabalu](/source/2005_Asian_Fencing_Championships) | [Team](/source/Team)}} {{MedalBronze| [2014 Suwon](/source/2014_Asian_Fencing_Championships) | [Individual](/source/Individual)}} }} {{Nihongo|'''Kenta Chida'''|千田健太|Chida Kenta|born 2 August 1985}} is a Japanese fencer.[http://www.london2012.com/athlete/chida-kenta-1015238/ London2012.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730060334/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/chida-kenta-1015238/ |date=30 July 2012 }} At the [2012 Summer Olympics](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics) he competed in the [men's foil](/source/Fencing_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_foil), but was defeated in the second round. He won a silver medal in the team foil event.{{cite web|title=Olympics fencing: Italy beat Japan to win men's team foil|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18907906|work=BBC Sport|access-date=6 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806101240/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18907906|archive-date=6 August 2012|url-status=live}} ==Career== Chida's father Kenichi was selected for the [1980 Summer Olympics](/source/1980_Summer_Olympics) in Moscow, but he could not attend the event due to [Japan's boycott of the Games](/source/1980_Summer_Olympics_boycott).{{cite web|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/sports/AJ201206270043 |title=Japanese 'opposites' team up for London Olympics |author=Kosuke Inagaki |newspaper=The Asahi Shimbun |date=27 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909031051/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/sports/AJ201206270043 |archivedate= 9 September 2014 }} He however made no attempt to push his son into fencing; Kenta chose the sport for himself during his first year at junior high school. He was originally right handed, but his father suggested that he switch to fencing with his left hand to gain a competitive advantage.{{Cite web|url = http://fie.html.infostradasports.com/cache/2/TheASP.asp@pageid%3D8937&personid%3D551548&sportid%3D208&Cache%3D2.html?893367|title = Kenta Chida Biography|accessdate = 18 December 2015|website = fie.org|publisher = FIE}} Chida began fencing in the senior category in the [2002–03 season](/source/2002%E2%80%9303_Fencing_World_Cup), then joined the national team and began training under national coach Oleg Matseichuk. Chida made his breakthrough in [2006–07 season](/source/2006%E2%80%9307_Fencing_World_Cup): he climbed his first [World Cup](/source/Fencing_World_Cup) podium with a bronze medal in the Tokyo World Cup, followed by another bronze in the Cairo Grand Prix. These results allowed him to enter the Top 20. At the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics), he competed in the men's individual foil, finishing 11th, losing to [Benjamin Kleibrink](/source/Benjamin_Kleibrink), the eventual champion, in the second round.{{Cite web|title = Kenta Chida Bio, Stats, and Results|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/kenta-chida-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417211931/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/kenta-chida-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-17|website = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate = 2015-12-18}} Chida graduated in 2009 from the Faculty of Letters of [Chuo University](/source/Chuo_University). ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chida, Kenta}} Category:Japanese male foil fencers Category:Living people Category:Olympic fencers for Japan Category:Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:1985 births Category:Olympic silver medalists for Japan Category:Olympic medalists in fencing Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:People from Kesennuma, Miyagi Category:Asian Games gold medalists in fencing Category:Asian Games silver medalists in fencing Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in fencing Category:Fencers at the 2006 Asian Games Category:Fencers at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Fencers at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen Category:Asian Games fencers for Japan Category:World Fencing Championships medalists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kenta Chida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenta_Chida) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenta_Chida?action=history)). 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