Pam French
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pamela Rae Satterthwaite 26 December 1937 Takapuna, New Zealand |
Spouse | Terence Edward French |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Fencing |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals | Foil champion (1963) |
Medal record | |
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Pamela Rae French (née Satterthwaite, born 26 December 1937) is a former New Zealand fencer who won a bronze medal for her country at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Biography
[edit | edit source]French was born in Takapuna on 26 December 1937, the daughter of Eileen Daphne Satterthwaite (née White) and Thomas Satterthwaite of Putāruru.[1][2][3] As an adult, she became a pharmacist,[1] and married Terence Edward French.[3]
At the 1963 New Zealand national fencing championships, she won the women's foil title.[4] In 1965, she was a member of the New Zealand team that competed against Australia.[1] The following year, she represented New Zealand in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[5] Alongside Gaye McDermit and Joyce Fenton, she won a bronze medal in the team foils.[6] However, in the individual foil, she did not progress to the final pool stage.[7]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Pamela R. French at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1937 births
- Living people
- Fencers from Auckland
- New Zealand female foil fencers
- Fencers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in fencing
- People from Takapuna
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen
- Fencing biography stubs
- New Zealand sportspeople stubs