Pam French
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| Birth name | Pamela Rae Satterthwaite | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 December 1937 Takapuna, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Terence Edward French | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | Foil champion (1963) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pamela Rae French (née Satterthwaite, born 26 December 1937) is a former New Zealand fencer who won a bronze medal for her country at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Biography
[edit]French was born in Takapuna on 26 December 1937, the daughter of Eileen Daphne Satterthwaite (née White) and Thomas Satterthwaite of Putāruru.[1][2][3] As an adult, she became a pharmacist,[1] and married Terence Edward French.[3]
At the 1963 New Zealand national fencing championships, she won the women's foil title.[4] In 1965, she was a member of the New Zealand team that competed against Australia.[1] The following year, she represented New Zealand in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[5] Alongside Gaye McDermit and Joyce Fenton, she won a bronze medal in the team foils.[6] However, in the individual foil, she did not progress to the final pool stage.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games Team, Kingston, Jamaica. Wellington: New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department. 1966.
- ^ "Births". New Zealand Herald. 27 December 1937. p. 1. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ a b Jones, Glenda Margaret (4 November 2004). "Information about Pamela Rae Satterthwaite". Genealogy.com. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "New Zealand fencing champions" (PDF). teara.govt.nz. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ Pam French at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- ^ "Fencing foil team – women Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Fencing foil individual – women Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Pamela R. French at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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