Ernest Simon (born 23 November 1952) is an Australian fencer. He competed in the individual

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events at the

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and

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. He was a longstanding member and coach with the Melbourne-based

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before establishing the Melbourne Fencing Centre in 1999.

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1952 births Living people Australian male fencers Olympic fencers for Australia Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists in fencing Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Fencers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-fencing-bio-stub

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