Barry Christopher Paul (born 10 May 1948) is a retired British international fencer.

Fencing career

He competed in the individual and team

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events at the

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and

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. He represented

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and won a

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in the team foil and a

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in the individual foil, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in

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. He was a five times British fencing champion, winning five foil titles at the British Fencing Championships, from 1974 to 1980.

Personal life

He is part of a famous fencing and athletics family; his parents were René Paul and June Foulds, his brother is Graham Paul, his uncle was Raymond Paul and his cousin is Steven Paul.

References

1948 births Living people British male fencers Olympic fencers for Great Britain Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics People from Bethnal Green Sportspeople from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Fencers from London Commonwealth Games gold medallists in fencing Commonwealth Games silver medallists in fencing Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Fencers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games {{UK-fencing-bio-stub