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'''John Albert Pelling''' (27 May 1936 |
'''John Albert Pelling''' (born 27 May 1936) is a British [[fencing|fencer]]. |
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==Fencing career== |
==Fencing career== |
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He was a twice British fencing champion, winning the [[épée]] title at the [[British Fencing Championships]] in 1961 and 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishfencing.com/uploads/files/british_champions.pdf |title=British Champions |website=British Fencing |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref> |
He was a twice British fencing champion, winning the [[épée]] title at the [[British Fencing Championships]] in 1961 and 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishfencing.com/uploads/files/british_champions.pdf |title=British Champions |website=British Fencing |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref> |
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He was died on 8 January 2023, at the age of 86. |
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==References== |
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John Albert Pelling (born 27 May 1936) is a British fencer.
Fencing career
He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
He represented England and won a gold medal and silver medal in the épée events at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[3] Four years later he repeated the success at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[4]
He was a twice British fencing champion, winning the épée title at the British Fencing Championships in 1961 and 1965.[5]
References
- ^ "Olympics Statistics: John Pelling". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ "John Pelling Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "British Champions" (PDF). British Fencing. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
Categories:
- 1936 births
- Living people
- British male fencers
- Olympic fencers of Great Britain
- Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Sportspeople from London
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in fencing
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Fencers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Fencers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- English Olympic medallists