Ralph Cooperman
British fencer (1927–2009)
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Arnold Ralph Cooperman (16 November 1927 – 22 March 2009) was a British three-time Olympic foil and sabre fencer.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 November 1927 Stoke Newington, London, England |
| Died | 22 March 2009 (aged 81) London, England |
| Height | 5 ft 8.5 in (174.0 cm) |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Event(s) | Foil and sabre |
| Club | Salle Paul Fencing Club |
Medal record | |
Biography
Cooperman was born in Stoke Newington, England, and was Jewish.[2][1]
He won the British junior championships in foil and sabre in 1950 and 1951, and was a three times British fencing champion, winning the sabre title at the British Fencing Championships in 1954, 1960 and 1961.[3][1][2]
Cooperman was a medalist at the 1950 Maccabiah Games, the 1953 Maccabiah Games, and the 1969 Maccabiah Games.[2][1][4] He competed in the world championships in 1953.[1]
He competed on behalf of Great Britain in foil and sabre at the 1956 in Melbourne, and in Rome in the 1960 Summer Olympics and Tokyo in the 1964 Summer Olympics.[5][1]
He represented England and won a gold medal and two silver medals in the foil and sabre respectively at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.[6][7]
At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games won a gold and silver in the sabre events and four years later at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won triple gold and a bronze medal in the foil (behind teammate Allan Jay).[1][6]
Cooperman represented the England team[8] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he participated in the sabre events.[9] He won a 6th and 7th gold medal respectively in the individual and team sabre, the latter with Richard Oldcorn and John Rayden.[10]