Clare Henley-Halsted

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Clare Henley-Halsted
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1948-08-18) 18 August 1948 (age 77)
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event
Foil
ClubThames Fencing Club
Medal record
Fencing
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
British Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1970 Edinburgh foil team

Clare Henley married name Clare Halsted (born 18 August 1948) is a retired British international fencer who competed at two Olympic Games.

Biography

She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. [1]

Henley was a member of the Thames Fencing Club. [2]

She represented England in the team foil event, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, [3] [4] [5] winning a gold medal. [6]

She married fellow fencing international Nick Halsted in 1972 and their son Laurence Halsted (born 1984) also became an international fencer.

References

  1. ↑ "Clare Henley-Halsted Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "The five members of the British women's fencing team" . Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 13 July 1967. p. 5. Retrieved 28 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ↑ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  5. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 January 2026.


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