Bob Binning
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| Birth name | Robert Samuel Jackson Binning | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 November 1935 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 August 2005 (aged 69) Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | Sabre champion (1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966) Épée champion (1966) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Robert Samuel Jackson Binning (28 November 1935 – 8 August 2005) was a New Zealand fencer.[1]
He won the bronze medal as part of the men's sabre team at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[2] His teammates in the event were Michael Henderson and Brian Pickworth.
Binning competed individually in the sabre and épée at the 1958, 1962 and 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[2] He won eight national titles in the men's sabre and one in the épée over his career.[1]
Binning died in Queensland, Australia, on 8 August 2005.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "A final salute to Bob Binning". Fencing New Zealand. 10 August 2005. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Bob Binning". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
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