Anna Bentley (born 28 January 1981) is a British
foil
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* Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food
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fencer. She represented Great Britain at the
2012 Summer Olympics.
Career
Bentley was born in
Aberdeen
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, Scotland, but grew up in
Bergh Apton
Bergh Apton (Ber-Guh App-ton) is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Norwich just south of the A146 road, A146 between Yelverton, Norfolk, Yelverton and Thurton. Acco ...
,
Norfolk
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. She took up fencing at the age of eleven after coach Andrew Sowerby from the Norfolk Academy of Fencing did a "come and try" session at the Norwich High School for Girls. She attended
The British School in the Netherlands
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, leaving in 1999.
She
qualified to the
2012 Summer Olympics through host country option. In the
individual event she was defeated 9–10 in the first round by Canada's
Monica Peterson
Monica Peterson is a Canadian female fencer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics
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. With
Sophie Troiano and
Natalia Sheppard
Natalia Sheppard (née Więckowska; born 27 May 1984) is a Polish-born British foil fencer, who represented Great Britain at the individual and team events of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Career
Sheppard was born in Gdańsk, Poland. She took up f ...
represented Great Britain in the
team event. They defeated Egypt in the first round, but lost to title favourites Italy, composed of the gold, silver, and bronze medallists of the individual event.
Bentley won the gold medal at the individual British National Championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010. She won the silver medal at the 2006
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 ...
. She represented Great Britain at 5 consecutive World Championships from 2007 to 2011.
Bentley is the eldest granddaughter
Chris Anderson.
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British female foil fencers
1981 births
Living people
Olympic fencers for Great Britain
Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
People from South Norfolk (district)
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