Clare Henley married name Clare Halsted (born 18 August 1948) is a retired British international fencer.

Fencing career

She competed in the women's individual and team

foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ma ...

events at the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

and

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

. She represented

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

and won a gold medal in the team foil event, at the

1970 British Commonwealth Games The 1970 British Commonwealth Games (Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis Bhreatainn 1970) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970. This was the first time the name British Commonwealth Games was adopted, the first tim ...

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...

Personal life

She married fellow fencing international

Nick Halsted Nicholas Halsted (14 October 1942 – 22 September 2007) was a British international fencer. Halsted was captain of the Oxford University fencing team in 1964. He competed in three events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer ...

in 1972 and their son

Laurence Halsted Laurence Cassøe Halsted (born 22 May 1984) is a British foil fencer, silver medallist in the 2008 European Championships and author of Becoming A True Athlete: A Practical Philosophy For Flourishing Through Sport. Career Halsted is the son o ...

(born 1984) also became an international fencer.

References

1948 births Living people British female foil fencers Olympic fencers for Great Britain Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics People from Wallingford, Oxfordshire Commonwealth Games medallists in fencing Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Fencers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games {{UK-fencing-bio-stub