Aileen Harding

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Aileen Harding
Personal information
Born1933 [1]
Cardiff, Wales
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event
Foil
ClubCardiff Fencing Club
Medal record
Fencing
Representing Flag of Wales (1953-1959).svg
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1954 Vancouver foil

Aileen G. M. Harding (born 1933) is a former foil fencer from Wales, who won a bronze medal at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games). [2]

Biography

Harding, born in Cardiff, Wales, was the 1949 British schoolgirl's champion and attended the pioneering Anstey College of Physical Education. [3]

Harding represented the Welsh team and won a bronze medal in the foil competition at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. [4] [5] [6]

The following year, she married Edward Tattersall in Cardiff during 1955. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Miss Aileen Harding" . Western Mail. 30 October 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 25 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Members of the Welsh Empire Games team" . Western Mail. 21 July 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 25 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Fencing Success" . Western Mail. 13 November 1951. p. 5. Retrieved 25 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Wales Vancouver 1954". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Fencing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "That Vancouver achievement, Where Wales gained those 7 medals with a team of 21" . Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 26 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "HARDING Aileen G.M." Free BMD. Retrieved 25 September 2025.


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