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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1929 [1] Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
Event | foil / sabre / épée | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Phoenix Sword Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Malcolm V. Kerslake (born 1929) is a Welsh former fencer who won two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games.
Kerslake who lived in Bristol [2] was both a Welsh épée and sabre champion. [3]
He was selected for the 1958 Welsh team [4] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the foil and sabre events. [5]
He won two bronze medals in the team sabre with John Preston, Roger Maunder and Ted Lucas and the team foil with John Preston and John Evans. [6]
A member of the Phoenix Sword Club, he finished runner-up to Colin Hillier at the 1958 Gloucestershire men's foil championship [7] but shortly afterwards in January 1959 he won the Gloucestershire épée title. [8]