Mark Gainsford Slade (born 2 August 1958) is a British fencer. He competed at the 1980,

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and

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

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title at the

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in 1979, 1985 and 1988.

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1958 births Living people British male fencers Olympic fencers for Great Britain Fencers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics People from Ingatestone {{UK-fencing-bio-stub