Ian James Williams (born 26 October 1967) is a former Olympian, fencing champion and fencing coach.

Fencing career

Williams competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics 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 ...

. He was a four times British fencing champion, winning the

sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ...

title at the British Fencing Championships in 1989, 1991, 1992 and 1998.

Coaching

He became the Great Britain sabre lead talent coach and was the National sabre coach for Team GB (2006–2008). He is the head coach at Camden Fencing Club in London. Williams was coached by

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and Péter Fröhlich for a number of years, and together with James Williams they run a successful summer training camp in the UK. He is left-handed and now coaches fencing at Whitgift school in South Croydon.

International Competitions

References

1967 births Living people British male fencers Olympic fencers for Great Britain Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics People from Bexleyheath Sportspeople from the London Borough of Bexley Fencers from London {{UK-fencing-bio-stub