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Born | Reading [1] or Shirley, Croydon | 3 June 1913
Died | 4 January 2011[2] Lincolnshire | (aged 97)
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Sport | Fencing |
Ronald Parfitt (3 June 1913 – 4 January 2011) was a British fencer and radiotherapist. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. [3]
Parfitt was born in a dentist family in Reading. He attended Guy's Hospital to become a dentist, but qualified as general doctor in 1939. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II in North Africa and Europe. [1]
In 1946, he joined the radiation therapy department at Lambeth Hospital, where he worked among others with Theodore Stephanides. [1] Parfitt won the United Kingdom national épée championships in 1948 and 1950. [1] He invented first electric fencing box in England. [1] In 1949 Parfitt married hospital nurse Margaret. His wife died in 2008; they had 2 daughters and 5 grandchildren. [1]
Personal information | |
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Born | Reading [1] or Shirley, Croydon | 3 June 1913
Died | 4 January 2011[2] Lincolnshire | (aged 97)
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Ronald Parfitt (3 June 1913 – 4 January 2011) was a British fencer and radiotherapist. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. [3]
Parfitt was born in a dentist family in Reading. He attended Guy's Hospital to become a dentist, but qualified as general doctor in 1939. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II in North Africa and Europe. [1]
In 1946, he joined the radiation therapy department at Lambeth Hospital, where he worked among others with Theodore Stephanides. [1] Parfitt won the United Kingdom national épée championships in 1948 and 1950. [1] He invented first electric fencing box in England. [1] In 1949 Parfitt married hospital nurse Margaret. His wife died in 2008; they had 2 daughters and 5 grandchildren. [1]