Fiona McIntosh (born 24 June 1960) is a Scottish writer and retired fencer.

Biography

McIntosh was born in

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, Scotland and educated at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. During her fencing career, she was British champion four times, she won the

Commonwealth Fencing Championships The Commonwealth Fencing Championships is a fencing event held in the Commonwealth of Nations. Following the removal of fencing as a core sport within the main Commonwealth Games, the first Commonwealth Fencing Championships were held in 1974 and th ...

in 1990, collected a total of 12 Commonwealth medals and competed in the

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

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and

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, reaching the finals in

Barcelona 1992 The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. She has written articles for magazines, and worked with photographer Shaen Adey to produce books including ''Seven Days in Mauritius'' and ''Table Mountain Activity Guide'', both published by

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imprint Struik in 2004.

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* 1960 births Living people Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Great Britain Scottish female fencers Scottish women writers Sportspeople from Edinburgh {{UK-fencing-bio-stub