Graham Paul
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 15 May 1947 St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Event | foil |
| Club | Salle Paul Fencing Club |
Medal record | |
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Graham René Paul (born 15 May 1947) is a retired British international fencer.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Paul competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]
Paul represented the England team[2] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[3][4] He participated in the foil events[5] and won a gold medal in the team foil with Bill Hoskyns and Allan Jay, in addition to winning individual bronze.[6]
Four years later he repeated the success by winning another gold and bronze at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[7]
He was a six times British fencing champion, winning four foil titles and two épée titles at the British Fencing Championships, from 1966 to 1973.[8] Additionally he has been British Veterans Foil champion seven times.[9]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He is part of a famous fencing and athletics family; parents René Paul and June Foulds, brother Barry Paul, uncle Raymond Paul and cousin Steven Paul.
References
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External links
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- British male fencers
- Olympic fencers for Great Britain
- Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from St Neots
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in fencing
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in fencing
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Fencers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Fencers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- British fencing biography stubs