Michael Howard (fencer)
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 United Kingdom
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 Olympic games
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| silver | Rome 1960 | Epee team |
 World championships
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| bronze | Paris 1957 | Epee team |
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Commonwealth Games
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| silver | Cardiff 1958 | Sword |
| gold | Cardiff 1958 | Epee team |
| gold | Perth 1962 | Epee team |
Michael John Peter Howard (born December 24, 1928 in London ) is a former British fencer .
successes
Michael Howard won bronze in the team competition of the World Championships in Paris in 1957 . He took part in the Olympic Games three times : in 1956 in Melbourne he was eliminated from the individual competition with the epee in the second round, while he just missed a medal win with the epee team in fourth. At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome , on the other hand, he moved unbeaten to the final with the British epee team, in which Italy prevailed 9-5. Howard received the silver medal together with Michael Alexander , Bill Hoskyns , Raymond Harrison , Allan Jay and John Pelling . In 1964 he finished ninth with the Degen team in Tokyo , with the Saber team he did not get past the first round. Howard won the gold medal in the team competition at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in 1958 and in Perth in 1962 . In 1958, he secured silver in the individual.
Web links
- Michael Howard in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Howard, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Howard, Michael John Peter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British fencer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , UK |