Patricia Louise Parkinson (née Woodroffe, 14 July 1926 – 5 August 2001) was a New Zealand fencer who won a silver medal for her country at the

1950 British Empire Games The 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth staging of what is now called the Commonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand between 4 and 11 February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the third edition of the games. The main venue was ...

Early life and family

Born Patricia Louise Woodroffe on 14 July 1926 in the

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suburb of Epsom, Parkinson was the daughter of Louise Olivia Woodroffe (née Martin) and William David Woodroffe. Educated at St Cuthbert's College, she married Finlay James Parkinson in the mid 1950s, but they later divorced.

Fencing

Woodroffe won the New Zealand national fencing championship in three consecutive years, from 1947 to 1949. She represented New Zealand at the

in Auckland, winning the silver medal with a record of six wins from seven bouts, losing only to the gold medallist,

Mary Glen-Haig Dame Mary Alison Glen-Haig, (née James; 12 July 1918 – 15 November 2014) was a British fencer who competed in four Olympic games in 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960. She was born in London, the daughter of William James, a fencer at the 1908 Lond ...

Death

Parkinson died on 5 August 2001, and her body was cremated at

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Park Cemetery.

References

1926 births 2001 deaths Sportspeople from Auckland People educated at St Cuthbert's College, Auckland New Zealand female foil fencers Fencers at the 1950 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in fencing Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games {{NewZealand-fencing-bio-stub