Steven Paul (28 September 1954 – 26 April 2019) was a British international
fencer. He competed at the
1980
Events January
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* January 6 – Global Positioning Syst ...
,
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 Southeast As ...
and
1992 Summer Olympics
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.
He also appeared as
Pierce Brosnan
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's stunt-double in the film ''
Die Another Day
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''.
Fencing career
In addition to competing at three Olympic Games he was a three times British fencing champion, winning the
épée
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title at the
British Fencing Championships in 1980, 1983 and 1993.
Personal life
Steven Paul's family heritage was as part of a famous fencing and athletics family, including father
Raymond Paul, uncle
René Paul, Mother
June Paul (Foulds), cousins
Graham Paul and
Barry Paul, grandson of Leon Paul. In later life he became the Head Coach and Chairman of the Royal Tunbridge Wells Fencing Club.
In 2015, he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, which caused him to give up many but not all of his coaching positions.
At age 64, Paul unexpectedly died following a fall on an Easter family holiday in Spain, 26 April 2019. His body was repatriated to the UK by partner Karen, who subsequently organised a justgiving crowdfunding appeal which raised £16,900 towards the associated costs.
References
External links
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1954 births
2019 deaths
British male fencers
Olympic fencers for Great Britain
Fencers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Fencers from London
British stunt performers
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