Brian Pickworth
Appearance
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Born | Oamaru, New Zealand | 10 August 1929||||||||||||||
Died | 16 December 2020[1] | (aged 91)||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brian Andrew Pickworth (10 August 1929 – 16 December 2020) was a New Zealand fencer.
Biography
[edit]Pickworth won the bronze medal as part of the men's sabre team at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. His teammates in the event were Bob Binning and Michael Henderson. He competed individually and in teams in the sabre, épée and foil at the 1958, 1962, 1966, and 1970 Commonwealth Games.[2] He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in all three disciplines.[3]
References
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Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2020 deaths
- New Zealand male épée fencers
- Fencers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Fencers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Fencers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Fencers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Olympic fencers for New Zealand
- Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in fencing
- New Zealand male foil fencers
- New Zealand male sabre fencers
- Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Oamaru
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
- Fencing biography stubs
- New Zealand sportspeople stubs