Alex O'Connell (fencer)
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander James O'Connell |
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 17 April 1988 (age 37)[1] |
| Height | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Alexander James O'Connell (born 17 April 1988) is a sabre fencer who competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Olympic Games.[3]
In 2005, O’Connell won the cadet world championship in Austria. In the following year, he was selected for the England under-20 Commonwealth team in India, where he won gold in the individual and team events. In 2007, he placed second at the Junior Men's Sabre World Cup in Göppingen, Germany.
He competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Olympic Games, where he seeded 39th, and was eliminated by Nikolay Kovalev in the first round of competition, narrowly losing 15-14.[4]
He was a three times British fencing champion, winning the sabre title at the British Fencing Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2010.[5]
O'Connell was one of a group of four fencers who unsuccessfully appealed their rejection from the British team at the London 2012 Olympics.[6]
