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Ivan Bernard Lund was an Australian fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games. He was a longstanding member of the Melbourne-based VRI Fencing Club.
Leslie Fadgyas was an Australian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was a longstanding member of the Melbourne-based VRI Fencing Club.
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Russell Keith Hobby is an Australian fencer. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. He was a longstanding member of the Melbourne-based VRI Fencing Club.
Ernest Simon is an Australian fencer. He competed in the individual foil events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. He was a longstanding member and coach with the Melbourne-based VRI Fencing Club before establishing the Melbourne Fencing Centre in 1999.
Christine McDougall is an Australian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. She was a longstanding member of the Melbourne-based VRI Fencing Club.
VRI Fencing Club located near the heart of Melbourne at 141 Burnley Street Richmond, Victoria is an Australian fencing club distinguished as being the only club in any Olympic sport to have continuously produced athletes for every Olympiad between 1952 and 2008.
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- ↑ "Helen Smith Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
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