René Paul

René Paul

Personal information
Full name	Ronald René Charles Paul
Born	(1921-01-20)20 January 1921 Paddington, London, Great Britain
Died	16 June 2008(2008-06-16) (aged 87)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Fencing Representing  England British Empire Games 1950 Auckland Foil individual 1950 Auckland Foil team 1950 Auckland Épée team 1954 Vancouver Foil individual 1954 Vancouver Foil team 1954 Vancouver Épée team 1954 Vancouver Épée individual 1958 Cardiff Foil team 1958 Cardiff Foil individual 1962 Perth Foil team

Ronald René Charles Paul (20 January 1921 – 16 June 2008) was a British fencer.

Fencing career

He competed at four Olympic Games^[1] and won ten Commonwealth Games medals.

He represented England and won two gold medals in the foil individual and team and a silver medal in the Épée team at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.^[2][3]

Four years later he won four medals at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; three golds in the Épée team and Foil individual and team and a silver in the Épée individual.^[2] Two more medals were won during the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales and his tenth and final medal was won at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.^[2][4]

Paul was a five times British fencing champion, winning five foil titles at the British Fencing Championships, from 1947 to 1962.^[5]

Personal life

He is part of a famous fencing and athletics family; wife Doreen (née Young), sons Graham Paul and Barry Paul, brother Raymond Paul and nephew Steven Paul.^{[citation needed]}

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