Gaye McDermit
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gaye Lynette McDermit 9 May 1945 |
Spouse | Ron Horne |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Fencing |
Medal record | |
Gaye Lynette Horne (née McDermit, born 9 May 1945) is a former New Zealand fencer who won two bronze medals representing her country at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Born on 9 May 1945, McDermit finished as runner-up in the women's foil at the 1965 New Zealand national fencing championships.[1] The same year, she was part of the New Zealand team that competed against Australia.[1]
At the time of the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, McDermit was working as a typist.[1] At those games, she represented New Zealand in both the women's individual and teams foil events.[2] She won a bronze medal in the individual foil,[3] and then won a second bronze alongside Pam French and Joyce Fenton in the team event.[4]
McDermitt also competed in the individual and team foil events again at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, but was unplaced.[2]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Gaye L. McDermit at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Fencers from Auckland
- New Zealand female foil fencers
- Fencers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Fencers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in fencing
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen
- Fencing biography stubs
- New Zealand sportspeople stubs