Au Sin Ying

{{Short description|Hong Kong fencer (born 1989)}}

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{{Infobox fencer

| name = Au Sin Ying

| image = Au Sin Ying 2014-15 Orleans WC teams t153401.jpg

| imagesize = 220px

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| nickname = Glasses Swordsman

| nationality = {{HKG}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|1|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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| height = {{height|m=1.67|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|66|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| weapon = sabre

| hand = right-handed

| natlcoach = Wong Yuet Kei

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| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/15796 current ranking]

| club = Hong Kong Fencing
Association

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{{MedalSport | Women's sabre}}

{{MedalCountry|{{HKG}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}

{{MedalBronze | 2010 Pattaya City|Individual}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 Guangzhou|Individual}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Guangzhou|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Incheon|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Nantong|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2009 Doha|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Seoul|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Shanghai|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Suwon|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Singapore|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Hong Kong|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Bangkok|Team}}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2024 Kuwait City | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|East Asian Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Tianjin|Team}}

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{{Chinese

|t=歐倩瑩

|j=Au1 Sin3 jing4

|y=Āu Sin yìhng

|p=Qū Xianyǐng

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Au Sin Ying ({{zh|t=歐倩瑩}}; born 8 January, 1989 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong sabre fencer.{{cite web|title=Au Sin Ying|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/au-sin-ying-1100143/|website=London2012.com|publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|accessdate=8 February 2013|archive-date=11 April 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411065342/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/au-sin-ying-1100143/|url-status=dead}}{{cite sports-reference|title = Au Sin Ying|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/au/au-sin-ying-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063708/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/au/au-sin-ying-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 8 February 2013}}

Au earned a bronze medal in the Pattaya City World Cup in 2010. The same year, she won an individual silver medal and a team bronze medal at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.{{cite news|last=Yu|first=Yilei|title=Au's surprise silver fires up HK fencing|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2010-11/20/content_11581439.htm|publisher=China Daily|date=20 November 2010|accessdate=8 February 2013}}{{cite news|title=Another silver, bronze ups HK medal tally|url=http://www.news.gov.hk/en/categories/health/html/2010/11/20101121_205850.shtml|publisher=HK Information Services Department|date=21 November 2010|accessdate=8 February 2013}}

She was one of the torchbearers for the 2011 University Games.{{Cite web|url=http://fie.org/fencers/Sin_Ying-AU-15796/biography|title=Fencer - AU Sin Ying - HONG KONG - FIE - International Fencing Federation|website=fie.org|access-date=2017-10-30}}

Au represented Hong Kong at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event. She lost in the first round to Tunisian fencer and two-time Olympian Azza Besbes, with a final score of 13–15.{{cite web|title=Women's Individual Sabre Round of 32|url=http://www.london2012.com/fencing/event/women-sabre/match=few003513/index.html|website=London2012.com|publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|accessdate=8 February 2013|archive-date=11 April 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411065831/http://www.london2012.com/fencing/event/women-sabre/match=few003513/index.html|url-status=dead}} She reached the table of 32 at the 2014 World Championships in Kazan after defeating Venezuela's Alejandra Benítez, but lost to eventual bronze medallist Vassiliki Vougiouka of Greece.

Au is a resident athlete of the Hong Kong Fencing Association, and is coached and trained by Wong Yuet Kei.

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