John Llewellyn (fencer)
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John Patrick Llewellyn (born 7 August 1957) is a British fencer. He competed in the
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
,
1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
and
1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...
. He was British fencing champion five times when he won the
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 ...
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 1981, 1988, 1991, 1992 and 1994.


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1957 births Living people British male fencers Olympic fencers for Great Britain Fencers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Winnipeg {{UK-fencing-bio-stub