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

Fencing career

He competed in the individual and team

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events at the

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and

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. He represented

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and won a

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in the team foil and a

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in the individual foil, at the

1970 British Commonwealth Games The 1970 British Commonwealth Games (Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis Bhreatainn 1970) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970. This was the first time the name British Commonwealth Games was adopted, the first tim ...

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. He was a five times British fencing champion, winning five foil titles at the

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, from 1974 to 1980.

Personal life

He is part of a famous fencing and athletics family; his parents were

René Paul Ronald René Charles Paul (20 January 1921 – 16 June 2008) was a British fencer. Fencing career He competed at four Olympic Games and won ten Commonwealth Games medals. He represented England and won two gold medals in the foil individu ...

and

June Foulds June Florence Paul (née Foulds; 13 June 1934 – 6 November 2020) was a British track and field sprint runner. Personal life Born June Florence Foulds in Shepherd's Bush in 1934, she was brought up by her grandparents. She married British ...

, his brother is Graham Paul, his uncle was Raymond Paul and his cousin is

Steven Paul Steven Paul (born May 16, 1959) is an American independent filmmaker, actor, and talent manager. He is the chairman, founder and CEO of Crystal Sky Pictures. Life and career Paul was born in New York City. His mother, Dorothy Koster Paul, was ...

References

1948 births Living people British male fencers Olympic fencers of Great Britain Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics People from Bethnal Green Sportspeople from London Commonwealth Games medallists in fencing Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Fencers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games {{UK-fencing-bio-stub