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Barry Paul

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Barry Paul
Personal information
Born (1948-05-10) 10 May 1948 (age 76)
Bethnal Green, London, England
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Fencing
Representing  England
British Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1970 Edinburgh foil team
Silver medal – second place 1970 Edinburgh foil individual

Barry Christopher Paul (born 10 May 1948) is a retired British international fencer.

Fencing career

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He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] He represented England and won a gold medal in the team foil and a silver medal in the individual foil, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2][3][4]

He was a five times British fencing champion, winning five foil titles at the British Fencing Championships, from 1974 to 1980.[5]

Personal life

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He is part of a famous fencing and athletics family; his parents were René Paul and June Foulds, his brother is Graham Paul, his uncle was Raymond Paul and his cousin is Steven Paul.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Barry Paul Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  2. ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  4. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ^ "British Champions" (PDF). British Fencing. Retrieved 28 October 2022.