Robert Samuel Jackson Binning (28 November 1935 – 8 August 2005) was a New Zealand fencer. He won the bronze medal as part of the men's sabre team at the

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. His teammates in the event were

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and

Brian Pickworth Brian Andrew Pickworth (10 August 1929 – 16 December 2020) was a New Zealand fencer. Biography Pickworth won the bronze medal as part of the men's sabre team at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. His teammates in the event w ...

. Binning competed individually in the

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and

épée The (, ; ), also rendered as epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains a ...

at the

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, 1962 and

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. He won eight national titles in the men's sabre and one in the épée over his career. Binning died in

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, Australia, on 8 August 2005.

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