Barry Paul


Barry Christopher Paul is a retired British international fencer.

Fencing career

He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. He represented England and won a gold medal in the team foil and a silver medal in the individual foil, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He was a five times British fencing champion, winning five foil titles at the British Fencing Championships, from 1974 to 1980.

Personal life

He is part of a famous fencing and athletics family; his parents were René Paul and June Foulds, his brother is Graham Paul, his uncle was Raymond Paul and his cousin is Steven Paul.