# Ralph Cooperman

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{{Short description|British fencer (1927–2009)}}
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{{Use British English|date=September 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name           = Ralph Cooperman
|image          = 
|caption        = 
|birth_date     = {{birth date|1927|11|16|df=yes}}
|birth_place    = [Stoke Newington](/source/Stoke_Newington), London, England
|death_date     = {{death date and age|2009|3|22|1927|11|16|df=yes}}
|death_place    = London, England
|height         = {{convert|5|ft|8.5|in|cm|abbr=on}}
|weight         = {{convert|165|lb|kg|abbr=on}} 
|sport          = [Fencing](/source/Fencing)
|event          = Foil and sabre
|club           = Salle Paul Fencing Club
|medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Fencing}}	
{{MedalCountry| {{ENG}} }}	
{{MedalCompetition|[British Empire & Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}	
{{MedalGold| [1954 Vancouver](/source/1954_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)|[foil team](/source/Fencing_at_the_1954_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver|[1954 Vancouver](/source/1954_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)|[sabre individual](/source/Fencing_at_the_1954_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver|[1954 Vancouver](/source/1954_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)|[sabre team](/source/Fencing_at_the_1954_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold|[1958 Cardiff](/source/1958_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)|[sabre team](/source/Fencing_at_the_1958_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver|[1958 Cardiff](/source/1958_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)|[sabre individual](/source/Fencing_at_the_1958_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold|[1962 Perth](/source/1962_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)|[foil team](/source/Fencing_at_the_1962_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold|[1962 Perth](/source/1962_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)|[sabre individual](/source/Fencing_at_the_1962_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold|[1962 Perth](/source/1962_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)|[sabre team](/source/Fencing_at_the_1962_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze|[1962 Perth](/source/1962_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)|[foil individual](/source/Fencing_at_the_1962_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold|[1966 Kingston](/source/1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)|[sabre individual](/source/Fencing_at_the_1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold|[1966 Kingston](/source/1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)|[sabre team](/source/Fencing_at_the_1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)}}
}}

'''Arnold Ralph Cooperman''' (16 November 1927 &ndash; 22 March 2009) was a British three-time Olympic foil and sabre [fencer](/source/fencing).<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite magazine|url=http://magazinepre.esra.org.il/blog/post/ralph-cooperman-jewish-fencer|title=Ralph Cooperman – A distinguished Jewish fencer 1927-2009|last=Raz|first=Yonit|magazine=Esra Magazine|number=150|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419085124/https://magazinepre.esra.org.il/blog/post/ralph-cooperman-jewish-fencer|archive-date=19 April 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Cooperman was born in [Stoke Newington](/source/Stoke_Newington), England, and was Jewish.<ref name="news.google.com"/><ref name=autogenerated1/>

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](/source/Sabre_(fencing)) title at the [British Fencing Championships](/source/British_Fencing_Championships) in 1954, 1960 and 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishfencing.com/uploads/files/british_champions.pdf|title=British Champions|website=British Fencing|access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1/><ref name="news.google.com">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=883&dat=19540730&id=6vFOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e0wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1804,1911973|last=Arnold|first=A. J.|title=Eight Jewish Athletes at BFG|work=The Canadian Jewish Chronicle|date=30 July 1954|page=15|via=[Google News](/source/Google_News)}}</ref>

Cooperman was a medalist at the [1950 Maccabiah Games](/source/1950_Maccabiah_Games), the [1953 Maccabiah Games](/source/1953_Maccabiah_Games), and the [1969 Maccabiah Games](/source/1969_Maccabiah_Games).<ref name="news.google.com"/><ref name=autogenerated1/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oldcamdenians.info/our-members/obits/|title=In Memoriam|access-date=15 November 2023}}</ref> He competed in the world championships in 1953.<ref name=autogenerated1/>

He competed on behalf of Great Britain in foil and sabre at the [1956](/source/1956_Summer_Olympics) in Melbourne, and in Rome in the [1960 Summer Olympics](/source/1960_Summer_Olympics) and Tokyo in the [1964 Summer Olympics](/source/1964_Summer_Olympics).<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/ralph-cooperman-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162610/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/ralph-cooperman-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Ralph Cooperman Olympic Results|accessdate=15 October 2010|work=sports-reference.com}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1/>

He represented [England](/source/England_at_the_1954_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games) and won a gold medal and two silver medals in the foil and sabre respectively at the [1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games](/source/1954_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games) in [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), Canada.<ref name=CGF>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/46530|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=15 November 2023|archive-date=19 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519163349/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/46530|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/vancouver-1954/athletes|title=1954 Athletes|publisher=Team England|access-date=15 November 2023}}</ref>

At the [1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games](/source/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](/source/1962_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games) he won triple gold and a bronze medal in the foil (behind teammate [Allan Jay](/source/Allan_Jay)).<ref name=autogenerated1/><ref name=CGF/>

Cooperman represented the [England team](/source/England_at_the_1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)<ref>{{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}}</ref> at the [1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games](/source/1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games) in [Kingston](/source/Kingston%2C_Jamaica), Jamaica, where he participated in the [sabre events](/source/Fencing_at_the_1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games).<ref>{{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 }}</ref> He won a 6th and 7th gold medal respectively in the individual and team sabre, the latter with [Richard Oldcorn](/source/Richard_Oldcorn) and [John Rayden](/source/John_Rayden).<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>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/22110 Ralph Cooperman] on Olympedia
*[https://olympics.com/en/athletes/arnold-ralph-cooperman Ralph Cooperman] on Olympics.com

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Category:1927 births
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Category:British male fencers
Category:Jewish foil fencers
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Category:Jewish English sportspeople
Category:Olympic fencers for Great Britain
Category:Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:People from Stoke Newington
Category:Sportspeople from the London Borough of Hackney
Category:Maccabiah Games medalists in fencing
Category:Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Great Britain
Category:Maccabiah Games silver medalists for Great Britain
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in fencing
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in fencing
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in fencing
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
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Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Fencers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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Category:Fencers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Competitors at the 1950 Maccabiah Games
Category:Competitors at the 1953 Maccabiah Games
Category:Competitors at the 1969 Maccabiah Games
Category:Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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