Ralph Cooperman
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| Full name | Arnold Ralph Cooperman[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 November 1927 Stoke Newington, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 March 2009 (aged 81) London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5-8.5 (174 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Foil and sabre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Arnold Ralph Cooperman (16 November 1927 – 22 March 2009) was a British three-time Olympic fencer.
Personal life[]
Cooperman was born in Stoke Newington, England, and was Jewish.[2][1]
Fencing career[]
He won the British junior championships in foil and sabre in 1950 and 1951, and won the British national sabre championship three times.[1][2]
Cooperman was a medalist at the 1950 Maccabiah Games and the 1953 Maccabiah Games and 1969 Maccabiah Games.[2][1] He competed in the world championships in 1953.[1]
He competed on behalf of Great Britain in foil and sabre at the 1956 in Melbourne, and in Rome in the 1960 Summer Olympics and Tokyo in the 1964 Summer Olympics.[3][1]
He represented England and won a gold medal and two silver medals in the foil and sabre respectively at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.[4][5]
At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games won a gold and silver in the sabre events and four years later at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won triple gold and a bronze medal in the foil (behind teammate Allan Jay).[1] He won his 11th medal in total and 6th and 7th gold medals in both sabre and team sabre at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ralph Cooperman – A distinguished Jewish fencer 1927-2009," Esra Magazine.
- ^ a b c The Canadian Jewish Chronicle
- ^ "Ralph Cooperman Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1954 Athletes". Team England.
- 1927 births
- 2009 deaths
- British male fencers
- Jewish fencers
- English Jews
- Jewish British sportspeople
- Olympic fencers of Great Britain
- Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- People from Stoke Newington
- Maccabiah Games medalists in fencing
- Commonwealth Games medallists in fencing
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Fencers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Fencers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Fencers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Fencers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Competitors at the 1950 Maccabiah Games
- Competitors at the 1953 Maccabiah Games
- Competitors at the 1969 Maccabiah Games