{{Short description|Canadian fencer (born 2006)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name = Nicholas Zhang |image = |image_size = 150px <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> |caption = |fullname = |nicknames = |nationality = {{CAN}} |strokes = |club = |collegeteam = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2006|6|20}} |birth_place = Richmond, British Columbia |death_date = |death_place = |hometown = |height = |sport = Fencing |medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's fencing}} {{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}} {{MedalComp|Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Santiago|Team épée}} {{MedalComp|Pan American Fencing Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Lima|Epée}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Wuxi|Team}} }} '''Nicholas Zhang''' (born June 20, 2006) is a Canadian fencer in the épée discipline.<ref name=COCprofile>{{cite web|title=Nicholas Zhang profile|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/nicholas-zhang/|website=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref> Zhang has won silver medals at the Pan American level.
==Career== At the 2023 Pan American Fencing Championships in Lima, Peru, Zhang won the silver medal in the individual épée event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fie.org/articles/1294|title=2023 Pan American Senior Fencing Championships Finish in Lima|date=23 June 2023|website= |publisher=Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE)|access-date=13 April 2024|quote= In individual men’s epee, Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon faced Canada’s Nicholas Zhang in the final bout, winning with a 14-12 score.}}</ref> Later in the year, Zhang was named to Canada's 2023 Pan American Games team.<ref>{{cite press release|orig-date=6 September 2023|title=Canada’s Santiago 2023 fencing team announced|url=https://olympic.ca/press/canadas-santiago-2023-fencing-team-announced/|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref> At the games, Zhang would go on to win the silver medal in the men's team épée event, losing to the United States by one point.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/2023/11/02/day-13-at-santiago-2023-double-gold-in-athletics-medal-rushes-in-fencing-and-wrestling/|title=Day 13 at Santiago 2023: Double gold in athletics, medal rushes in fencing and wrestling|last=Fenton|first=Caela|date=2 November 2023|website=www.olympic.ca|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=13 April 2024|quote=n the first team fencing events of Santiago 2023, the Canadian men’s épée and women’s foil teams got all the way to their respective finals, where they ran into some tough opponents from the United States. The men — Dylan French, Fynn Fafard and Nicholas Zhang — took a close loss, 42-41.}}</ref>
Zhang would qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics after winning the Pan American Zonal Qualification tournament held in San Jose, Costa Rica.<ref>{{cite news|last=Leung|first=Valerie|date=9 April 2024|title=Richmond fencer secures spot in 2024 Paris Olympics|url=https://www.richmond-news.com/local-sports/richmond-fencer-secures-spot-in-2024-paris-olympics-8569478|work=Richmond News|location=Richmond, British Columbia, Canada|access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gandham|first=Yasmin|date=9 April 2024|title=From beginner to Olympian: Meet Canada's youngest male to fence on the world stage|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/from-beginner-to-olympian-meet-canadas-youngest-male-to-fence-on-the-world-stage/|work=CTV News|location=Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada|access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref> Zhang competes for Harvard.<ref>https://gocrimson.com/sports/mens-fencing/roster/nicholas-zhang/29864</ref>
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