Paul Klenerman

Paul Klenerman
Personal information
Born (1963-03-23) 23 March 1963
London, England
Height 5-10.5 (180 cm)
Weight 154 lb (70 kg)
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event(s) sabre
College team Oxford University[1]
Club Salle Ganchev[2]

Paul Klenerman (born 23 March 1963) is a British Olympic sabre fencer.

He was born in London, England.[2][3] Klenerman attended Clare College, Cambridge (1982; BA Medical Sciences), later fenced for Oxford University as a postgraduate.[1][2][3]

Klenerman was the Great Britain Under-20 Fencing Champion.[2][3] His fencing club is Salle Ganchev.[2][3]

He is Jewish, and won the gold medal in sabre at the 1981 Maccabiah Games.[4][5] In 1984 Klenerman was the sabre champion of Great Britain at the age of 21.[6]

Klenerman competed in the team sabre event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2]

He is now a Professor of Immunology and medical researcher at Oxford University.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 http://oufencing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Code-Of-Conduct-201718.pdf
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Paul Klenerman Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 https://www.clarealumni.com/file/documents/ClareNews_Edition29.pdf
  4. ↑ Jewish Post 29 August 1984
  5. ↑ Jewish Life
  6. ↑ http://www.britishfencing.com/uploads/files/british_champions.pdf
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