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Joyce Fenton

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Joyce Fenton
Personal information
Birth nameAlison Joyce Francis
Born(1927-07-09)9 July 1927
Died15 January 2014(2014-01-15) (aged 86)
Auckland, New Zealand
SpouseAlan Harold Fenton
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportFencing
Achievements and titles
National finalsFoil champion (1962, 1964, 1965)
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's fencing
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Kingston Foil Team

Alison Joyce Fenton (née Francis, 9 July 1927 – 15 January 2014) was a New Zealand fencer.

As Joyce Francis, she competed in the women's foil at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, where she recorded one win and finished sixth out of seven competitors.[1]

Fenton won the New Zealand national women's foil title in 1962, 1964, and 1965.[2][3] At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, she won the bronze medal in the women's foil team alongside Pam French and Gaye McDermit.[4] At those games, she also competed in the individual foil, but was unplaced.[4]

Fenton died in Auckland on 15 January 2014,[5] and her ashes were buried at Purewa Cemetery.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Results for the 1954 British Empire & Commonwealth Games: fencing – foil individual – women". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "New Zealand fencing champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand (PDF). Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. ^ New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games Team, Kingston, Jamaica. Wellington: New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department. 1966.
  4. ^ a b "Joyce Fenton". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Alison Joyce Fenton death notice". New Zealand Herald. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Burial & cremation details". Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Retrieved 15 February 2018.