Paul Klenerman (born 23 March 1963) is a British Olympic

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 ...

fencer. He was born in London, England. Klenerman attended

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(1982; BA Medical Sciences), later fenced for

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as a postgraduate. Klenerman was the Great Britain Under-20 Fencing Champion. His fencing club is Salle Ganchev. He is Jewish, and won the gold medal in sabre at the

1981 Maccabiah Games The 11th Maccabiah Games brought 3,450 athletes to Israel from 35 nations. The Opening Ceremony was held on July 7, 1981, before a crowd of 53,000 and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in Ramat Gan Stadium, with 3,500 Jewish athletes parading ...

. In 1984, he won the

title at the

British Fencing Championships The British Fencing Championships are held annually to determine the British champion. The Championships are currently held at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield. The championships were not held during World War I, World War II and in 202 ...

at the age of 21. Klenerman also competed in the team

event at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. He is now a Professor of Immunology and medical researcher at Oxford University.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Klenerman, Paul 1963 births Living people British male fencers Olympic fencers for Great Britain Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fencers from London Jewish male sabre fencers Jewish British sportspeople Maccabiah Games medalists in fencing Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Great Britain Competitors at the 1981 Maccabiah Games Alumni of the University of Oxford Alumni of Clare Hall, Cambridge Medical scholars of the University of Oxford Fellows of Green Templeton College, Oxford NIHR Senior Investigators