Emrys Lloyd

Lloyd was born in Edmonton, London in 1905 and attended Winchester College and King's College, Cambridge.[6] In 1924, Lloyd won the Public Schools Championship in fencing.[4] He also won the National Foil Championship seven times during the 1920s and 1930s,[4] and three bronze medals at the World Fencing Championships in the 1930s.[7]

Lloyd's first Olympic Games were the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he finished in sixth place in the men's individual foil.[8] Lloyd was also selected as the reserve cox for the men's eight rowing, but he did not compete in the event.[6] Four years later, at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Lloyd took part in the individual foil and team foil events.[9][10]

After World War II, Lloyd competed at his home Games at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[4] He competed in the team foil and team sabre events,[11][12] as well as the individual foil event where he recorded his best finish at the Olympics, with fourth place.[13] The Times said that it was the "finest achievement in the history of British fencing".[14] At the 1948 Summer Olympics, Lloyd was also the flag bearer for Great Britain at the Opening Ceremony.[15]

Lloyd's final Olympics as a competitor was the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he took part in the team foil.[16]

Lloyd was also the President of the Amateur Fencing Association,[17] and in 1978, Lloyd was a recipient of the Silver Olympic Order.[18] He was also the President of the Welsh Fencing Union,[4] with the Emrys Lloyd Welsh Intermediate Foil Trophy named after him.[19] Outside of fencing, Lloyd was also a commercial lawyer and was a legal adviser to the British Olympic Association.[6]

• Emrys Lloyd at Olympedia