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Catherine Pym
Personal information
Full name	Catherine Irene Pym
Nationality	Australian
Born	August 9, 1921 (age 103); Strathfield, NSW
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record
Representing Australia
British Empire Games

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Catherine Pym (born 9 August 1921) is an Australian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[1] She won a bronze medal in the womens' foil at the 1950 British Empire Games.^[1] ^[1]

Early life

Born in the Sydney suburb of Strathfield in 1921 to Julius Tindall Pym of New Zealand and Irene Tootell of England. She was one of three girls. Pym started fencing after she left school at PLC, Croydon and went to train as a sports teacher at The Sword’s Club in Sydney NSW. She taught in New Zealand and Australia before going to France in 1947 to gain more experience and to train for the British Empire Games. She spent 2 years in Paris, France to achieve this as there was not enough competition in Australia, fencing being a fledgling sport in Australia.

Fencing career

1948: 2nd Australian woman to be awarded the coveted “Maitre d’Arm” from the Academie d’Armes in Paris, France. The highest qualification a fencer can achieve. 1949: NSW Champion, Woman’s Individual Foil 1950: NSW Champion, Woman’s Individual Foil 1950: Bronze Medal at the British Empire Games in Auckland, NZ in Woman’s Individual Foil 1952: Attended Helsinki Olymics to compete in the Woman’s Individual Foil. Eliminated in the first round of the Individual Foil, placing 30th overall out of 37 competitors.

Personal life

Married Alan Onslow in 1954 and lived overseas until returning to Australia in 2000. Pym had 3 daughters. Her fencing career ended when she married due to travel commitments but she continued teaching for pleasure.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Catherine Pym Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-09-16. Cite error: The named reference "sports-reference" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

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Catherine Pym also competed at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, where she won a bronze medal in the Women's Foil, Individual

[sports-reference-1] "Catherine Pym Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-09-16. Cite error: The named reference "sports-reference" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

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