John Pelling (fencer)

John A Pelling (born 27 May 1936) is a British fencer.

John Pelling
Personal information
Born (1936-05-27) 27 May 1936
London, England
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
1960 Rome épée team
Representing  England
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
1962 Perth épée team
1962 Perth épée individual
1966 Kingston épée team
1966 Kingston épée individual

Fencing career

He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

He represented England and won a gold medal and silver medal in the épée events at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[3] Four years later he repeated the success at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[4]

References
  1. "Olympics Statistics: John Pelling". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  2. "John Pelling Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  3. "1962 Athletes". Team England.
  4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.


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