Raymond Paul

Raymond Paul
Foulds and Paul in 1952
Personal information
Born (1928-11-21)21 November 1928
Romford, London, England
Died 23 December 2013(2013-12-23) (aged 85)[1]
London, England
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event(s) Foil, sabre, épée

Raymond Rudolf Valentine Paul (21 November 1928 23 December 2013)[1] was a British fencer. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics with the best individual result of eighth place in the foil in 1956. He won four national épée titles, two gold medals at the 1958 Commonwealth Games, and a bronze medal in the team foil at the 1955 World Championships.[2]

Paul was the son of a French fencing master, who settled in London. He was the brother of René Paul, ex-husband of June Foulds-Paul, uncle of Barry Paul and father of Steven Paul.[2]

In the 1955 film The Dark Avenger, Raymond Paul doubled for Errol Flynn during one sword duel, due to Flynn's taking ill at the time.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Obituary: International fencing champion worked as stunt double for Hollywood icon Errol Flynn". Hamhighbroadway.co.uk. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Raymond Paul Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  3. McNulty, Thomas (2004) Errol Flynn: The Life and Career. McFarland. ISBN 0786417501.
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