Nicholas Halsted (14 October 1942 – 22 September 2007) was a British international fencer. Halsted was captain of the

Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-oldest continuously operating u ...

fencing team in 1964."Oxford University Fencing Club History"
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1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

.">"Sports World,"
''The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle'', page 2, 6 September 1968. He was also the President of the Amateur Fencing Association between 1986 and 1994. He married fellow fencing international Clare Henley 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) became an Olympic fencer.

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1942 births 2007 deaths British male fencers Olympic fencers for Great Britain Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Watford {{UK-fencing-bio-stub