Robert Reynolds (fencer)

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Robert Reynolds
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Bornc.1944 [1]
East Glamorgan, Wales
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event(s)
Foil, Épée
ClubCardiff Fencing Club
Salle Reynolds Fencing Club

Robert G. Reynolds (born 1944) is a former fencer from Wales, who competed at three Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Reynolds was born to a fencing family, his father was the leading Welsh fencing coach Professor Glynne S. Reynolds and his mother Jackie Reynolds was a four-times Welsh foil champion. [2] In February 1957, the family, which included three other siblings; Andrew, Valerie and Frances, all emigrated to Southern Rhodesia. At the time Robert was a Welsh junior foil champion in 1956 and eighth in the senior foil championships in 1957. [3]

The family returned to Wales and Robert was a member of the Cardiff Fencing Club and later the Salle Reynolds Fencing Club. He represented the 1962 Welsh team [4] at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia, [5] where he participated in the foil and Épée events. [6] His mother Jackie Reynolds also competed at the same Games. [7] [8]

In 1966 he went to his second Commonwealth Games, competing for the 1966 Welsh team in Kingston, Jamaica [9] [10] and at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh he went to his third Games. His siblings Andrew and Frances also competed at the 1966 and 1970 Games [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Entry Information". Free BMD. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "Privilege" . Port Talbot Guardian. 21 September 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 23 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Fencing family to emigrate" . Port Talbot Guardian. 24 January 1957. p. 9. Retrieved 23 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Welsh team for Empire Games" . Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 16 August 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 23 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "The Family Affair" . Daily Mirror. 16 August 1962. p. 19. Retrieved 23 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Wales Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Cavalcade of Sport" . Port Talbot Guardian. 31 August 1962. p. 9. Retrieved 23 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Cavalcade of Sport" . Glamorgan Gazette. 14 September 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 23 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Ron Jones to lead strong Welsh team" . Birmingham Daily Post. 15 June 1966. p. 22. Retrieved 23 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Wales Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  11. ↑ "Fencing family" . The Scotsman. 10 July 1970. p. 7. Retrieved 23 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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