Ian James Williams (born 26 October 1967) is a former Olympian, fencing champion and fencing coach.

Fencing career

Williams competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

. He was a four times British fencing champion, winning the

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title at the

British Fencing Championships The British Fencing Championships are held annually to determine the British champion. The Championships are currently held at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield or the Lee Valley Athletics Centre. These championships (known as the Nationa ...

in 1989, 1991, 1992 and 1998.

Coaching

He became the Great Britain sabre lead talent coach and was the National sabre coach for Team GB (2006–2008). He is the head coach at Camden Fencing Club in London. Williams was coached by

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and Péter Fröhlich for a number of years, and together with James Williams they run a successful summer training camp in the UK. He is

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and now coaches fencing at Whitgift school in South Croydon.

International Competitions

References

1967 births Living people British male fencers Olympic fencers for Great Britain Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics People from Bexleyheath Sportspeople from the London Borough of Bexley Fencers from London {{UK-fencing-bio-stub