Shiho Nishioka | |
Birth Date: | 23 February 1989 |
Birth Place: | Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan |
Weapon: | foil |
Hand: | right-handed |
Height: | 1.69m (05.54feet) |
Weight: | 600NaN0 |
Natlcoach: | Bernát Zoltán |
Club: | Nexus Fencing |
Fieranking: | current ranking |
is a Japanese female foil fencer.[1]
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.
She took up fencing at the age of 12.[4]