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| Born | August 30, 2000 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Cai (born August 30, 2000) is a Canadian fencer in the foil discipline. Cai has competed internationally for Canada since 2016 (junior) and from 2018 in the senior circuit. [1]
At the 2019 Pan American Fencing Championships, in Toronto, Cai won silver as part of the team foil event. [2]
Cai represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3] [4]
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