Ronald Parfitt
Personal information | |
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Born | Reading[1] or Shirley, Croydon | 3 June 1913
Died | 4 January 2011[2] Lincolnshire | (aged 97)
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Ronald Parfitt (3 June 1913 – 4 January 2011) was a British fencer and radiotherapist. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.[3]
Biography
Parfitt was born in a dentist family in Reading. He attended Guy's Hospital to become a dentist, but qualified as general doctor in 1939. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II in North Africa and Europe.[1]
In 1946 he joined the radiation therapy department at Lambeth Hospital, where he worked among others with Theodore Stephanides.[1]
Parfitt won the United Kingdom national épée championships in 1948 and 1950.[1]
He invented first electric fencing box in England.[1]
In 1949 Parfitt married hospitlal nurse Margaret. His wife died in 2008; they had 2 daughters and 5 grandchildren.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Gromett, S. (2011). "Ronald Parfitt". BMJ. 342 (mar21 1): d1722–d1722. doi:10.1136/bmj.d1722. ISSN 0959-8138.
- ^ "PARFITT Ronald : Obituary". Croydon Today. East Surrey and Sussex Media Group. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ^ "Ronald Parfitt Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2010.