John Rayden

{{short description|English fencer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = John Rayden | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = Fourth quarter 1938 | birth_place = Watford, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Fencing | event = Sabre | club = London Fencing Club | height = | weight = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Fencing}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|British Empire & Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold| 1966 Kingston | sabre team}} }}

'''William "John" Rayden''' (born 1938), is a male former fencer who competed for England.

== Biography == Rayden was a member of the London Fencing Club.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19650510/275/0027 |title=Fencing |work=Daily Mirror |date=10 May 1965 |p=27 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref>

Rayden represented England at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966/athletes|title=1966 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966|title=Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/46556|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref> He participated in the sabre events and won a gold medal in the team sabre with Ralph Cooperman and Richard Oldcorn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/fencing.htm |title=Commonwealth Games Medallists - Fencing |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref>

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