Alice Barringer Walker (10 April 1876 – 10 March 1954) was a British fencer. She was a two-time British champion, and competed in the

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. Walker was also the vice-president of the Ladies' Amateur Fencing Association.

Fencing

Walker was the British champion in women's foil in 1913 and 1914. She was a winner of the ''

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Challenge Cup'' in the ''Ladies International Fencing Competition'' final, held at Bertand's School of Arms. She competed in the women's individual

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at the

, alongside fellow British fencers Gladys Davis, Gladys Daniell, and Muriel Freeman, as one of 28 women on the British Olympic team and 26 women fencers from all countries at that Olympics. In Olympic

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, she beat Suzanne Bonnard (Switzerland), but lost to Adelaide Gehrig (US),

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(Denmark),

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(Hungary), and

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(France), and did not advance out of her pool. In 1930, when the Ladies' Amateur Fencing Association held its first meeting, she was elected as its vice-president. Millicent Spong (formerly Millicent Hathaway Hall), the 1908 British champion and one of the first women to fence at an Olympics, though not in a medal sport, was president.

Personal life

Walker was born in

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, the daughter of John Walker, a well known

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in the city specialising in

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. Her sister, Charlotte Agnes, was also an accomplished fencer who won the 1920 British title. During

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, the sisters worked as cooks with the

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Alice 1876 births 1954 deaths British female fencers Olympic fencers for Great Britain Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics