# Graham Paul
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{{Short description|British fencer (born 1947)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Graham Paul
| image =
| caption =
| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|5|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [St. Neots](/source/St._Neots), [Cambridgeshire](/source/Cambridgeshire), England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 185 cm
| weight = 82 kg
| sport = [Fencing](/source/Fencing)
| event = [foil](/source/Foil_(fencing))
| club = Salle Paul Fencing Club
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Fencing}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[British Empire & Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold| [1966 Kingston](/source/1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games) | [team foil](/source/Fencing_at_the_1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze| [1966 Kingston](/source/1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games) | [individual foil](/source/Fencing_at_the_1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold| [1970 Edinburgh](/source/1970_British_Commonwealth_Games) | [team foil](/source/Fencing_at_the_1970_British_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze| [1970 Edinburgh](/source/1970_British_Commonwealth_Games) | [individual foil](/source/Fencing_at_the_1970_British_Commonwealth_Games)}}
| show-medals = yes
}}
'''Graham René Paul''' (born 15 May 1947) is a retired British international [fencer](/source/fencing).
== Biography ==
Paul competed at the [1968](/source/1968_Summer_Olympics), [1972](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics), [1976](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics), and [1984 Summer Olympics](/source/1984_Summer_Olympics).[{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/graham-paul-1.html |title=Graham Paul Olympic Results |accessdate=29 December 2010 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317163935/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/graham-paul-1.html |archivedate=17 March 2011 }}]
Paul represented the [England team](/source/England_at_the_1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)[{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19660615/138/0019 |title=Jay for fifth Empire Games |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=15 June 1966 |p=19 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 December 2025}}] at the [1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games](/source/1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games) in [Kingston](/source/Kingston%2C_Jamaica), Jamaica.[{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966/athletes|title=1966 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}][{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966|title=Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team|publisher=Team England}}] He participated in the [foil events](/source/Fencing_at_the_1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)[{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3036/19/all |title=England Kingston 1966 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=17 December 2025 |archive-date=18 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018082917/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3036/19/all |url-status=dead }}] and won a gold medal in the team foil with [Bill Hoskyns](/source/Bill_Hoskyns) and [Allan Jay](/source/Allan_Jay), in addition to winning individual bronze.[{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/fencing.htm |title=Commonwealth Games Medallists - Fencing |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=18 December 2025}}]
Four years later he repeated the success by winning another gold and bronze at the [1970 British Commonwealth Games](/source/1970_British_Commonwealth_Games) in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), Scotland.[{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/46528|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=6 August 2019|archive-date=6 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806155218/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/46528|url-status=dead}}]
He was a six times British fencing champion, winning four [foil](/source/Foil_(fencing)) titles and two [épée](/source/%C3%A9p%C3%A9e) titles at the [British Fencing Championships](/source/British_Fencing_Championships), from 1966 to 1973.[{{cite web|url=https://www.britishfencing.com/uploads/files/british_champions.pdf |title=British Champions |website=British Fencing |access-date=28 October 2022}}] Additionally he has been British Veterans Foil champion seven times.[{{cite web |url=http://www.veterans-fencing.co.uk/results.shtml#hall_of_fame |title=Graham Paul BVF Results |accessdate=6 March 2013 |archive-date=18 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018165111/http://www.veterans-fencing.co.uk/results.shtml#hall_of_fame |url-status=dead }}]
==Personal life==
He is part of a famous fencing and athletics family; parents [René Paul](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Paul) and [June Foulds](/source/June_Foulds), brother [Barry Paul](/source/Barry_Paul), uncle [Raymond Paul](/source/Raymond_Paul) and cousin [Steven Paul](/source/Steven_Paul_(fencer)).
==References==
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==External links==
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Category:1947 births
Category:Living people
Category:British male fencers
Category:Olympic fencers for Great Britain
Category:Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from St Neots
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in fencing
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in fencing
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Fencers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Fencers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
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