Raymond Paul
 Paul and Foulds in 1952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 November 1928 Romford, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 December 2013 (aged 85)[1] London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Foil, sabre, épée | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raymond Rudolf Valentine Paul (21 November 1928 – 23 December 2013)[1] was a British fencer.
Fencing career[]
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 and a bronze medal in the team foil at the 1955 World Championships.[2]
He represented England and won a double gold in the foil individual and team events at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[3][4]
Personal life[]
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 Graham 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.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "Raymond Paul Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ McNulty, Thomas (2004) Errol Flynn: The Life and Career. McFarland. ISBN 0786417501.
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