Graham Paul

Graham René Paul (born 15 May 1947) is a retired British international fencer.

Graham Paul

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1947-05-15) 15 May 1947 (age 78) St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, England
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Event	foil
Club	Salle Paul Fencing Club
Medal record Fencing Representing  England British Empire & Commonwealth Games 1966 Kingston team foil 1966 Kingston individual foil 1970 Edinburgh team foil 1970 Edinburgh individual foil

Biography

Paul competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1984 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Paul represented the England team^[2] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.^[3][4] He participated in the foil events^[5] and won a gold medal in the team foil with Bill Hoskyns and Allan Jay, in addition to winning individual bronze.^[6]

Four years later he repeated the success by winning another gold and bronze at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[7]

He was a six times British fencing champion, winning four foil titles and two épée titles at the British Fencing Championships, from 1966 to 1973.^[8] Additionally he has been British Veterans Foil champion seven times.^[9]

Personal life

He is part of a famous fencing and athletics family; parents René Paul and June Foulds, brother Barry Paul, uncle Raymond Paul and cousin Steven Paul.