Poppy Cooksey
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| Born | 15 February 1940 Gomshall, Surrey, England |
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| Sport | Fencing |
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Janet Bewley Wardell-Yerburgh (née Janet Cathie) (born 15 February 1940) is a British retired international fencer.
Fencing career
She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]
She represented England and won double gold in the foil events, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[2][3]
Four years later she repeated the success by winning another double gold at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[4]
Personal life
In 1966, she married the Olympic oarsman Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh, and they had one daughter, Atlanta Jane. Her husband was killed in a road accident in January 1970.[5]
References
- ^ "Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ Hugh Arthur Wardell-Yerburgh at douglashistory.co.uk, accessed 3 April 2019
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