Paul Klenerman

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Paul Klenerman
Personal information
Born (1963-03-23) 23 March 1963 (age 58)
London, England
Height5-10.5 (180 cm)
Weight154 lb (70 kg)
Sport
SportFencing
Event(s)sabre
College teamOxford University[1]
ClubSalle 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 also 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. ^ Jump up to: a b http://oufencing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Code-Of-Conduct-201718.pdf[bare URL]
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Paul Klenerman Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e https://www.clarealumni.com/file/documents/ClareNews_Edition29.pdf[bare URL]
  4. ^ Jewish Post 29 August 1984
  5. ^ Jewish Life
  6. ^ http://www.britishfencing.com/uploads/files/british_champions.pdf[bare URL]


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