Seira Nakayama

Seira Nakayama

Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1983-11-22) 22 November 1983 (age 41) Kōnan, Aichi, Japan
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Event	Sabre
Club	Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank[1]
Coached by	Volodymyr Lukashenko[1]

Seira Nakayama (中山 セイラ, Nakayama Seira, born November 22, 1983 in Kōnan, Aichi) is a Japanese sabre fencer.^[1][2] Nakayama is also a member of the fencing team for Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank Sporting Club in Gifu, and is coached and trained by two-time Olympian Volodymyr Lukashenko of Ukraine.^[1]

Nakayama represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event. She defeated France's Léonore Perrus in the first preliminary round, before losing her next match to U.S. fencer and two-time Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis, with a final score of 9–15.^[3][4]

References

1. "Seira Nakayama". London 2012. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Seira Nakayama". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
3. "Women's Individual Sabre Round of 16". London 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
4. Goe, Ken (1 August 2012). "London Olympics: So far, so good for Mariel Zagunis in women's saber". The Oregonian. OregonLive.com. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

External links

• Profile – FIE
• NBC Olympics Profile