Murray Gittos
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Red Beach, New Zealand
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Murray Benjamin Gittos | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 January 1920 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 November 2014 (aged 94) Red Beach, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Hazel Constance Faith Holliday
(m. 1946) | ||||||||||||||
| Relative | Austen Gittos (brother) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | Foil champion (1949) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Murray Benjamin Gittos (4 January 1920 – 20 November 2014) was a New Zealand fencer, who won a silver medal at the 1950 British Empire Games.
Gittos was born on 4 January 1920, the elder son of Benjamin Frank Gittos and Gladys Victoria Gittos (née Sayers).[1] His younger brother was Austen Gittos.[1] Murray Gittos was educated at Auckland Grammar School from 1933,[2] and served as a staff sergeant in the New Zealand Temporary Service during World War II.[3] He became engaged to Hazel Constance Faith Holliday in 1945,[3] and they married the following year.[4]
Fencing
In 1949, Gittos won the men's foil title at the New Zealand national fencing championships.[5] The following year, at the 1950 British Empire Games, he won the silver medal alongside Charles Dearing, Nathaniel Millar, and his brother Austen Gittos, as part of the men's foil team, and placed 8th in the men's individual foil.[6]
Gittos served a period as president of the New Zealand Amateur Fencing Association, and was elected as a life member of the organisation.[4]