Joyce Fenton
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alison Joyce Francis 9 July 1927 |
| Died | 15 January 2014 (aged 86) Auckland, New Zealand |
Spouse | Alan Harold Fenton |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Fencing |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals | Foil champion (1962, 1964, 1965) |
Medal record | |
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Alison Joyce Fenton (née Francis; 9 July 1927 – 15 January 2014) was a New Zealand fencer.
As Joyce Francis, she competed in the women's foil at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, where she recorded one win and finished sixth out of seven competitors.[1]
Fenton won the New Zealand national women's foil title in 1962, 1964, and 1965.[2][3] At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, she won the bronze medal in the women's foil team alongside Pam French and Gaye McDermit.[4] At those games, she also competed in the individual foil, but was unplaced.[4]
Fenton died in Auckland on 15 January 2014,[5] and her ashes were buried at Purewa Cemetery.[6]
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Categories:
- 1923 births
- 2014 deaths
- New Zealand female foil fencers
- Fencers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Fencers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in fencing
- Burials at Purewa Cemetery
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen
- Fencing biography stubs
- New Zealand sportspeople stubs