Emrys Lloyd

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Emrys Lloyd
Personal information
Full nameJohn Emrys Lloyd
Born(1905-09-08)8 September 1905
Edmonton, London, England
Died28 June 1987(1987-06-28) (aged 81)
Henley-on-Thames, England
Sport
SportFencing

John Emrys Lloyd (8 September 1905 – 28 June 1987) was a British fencer.[1] He competed at four Olympic Games,[2][3] as well as being an official at four Olympics,[4] and the flag bearer for Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[5] He was later appointed an OBE.[6]

Biography

Lloyd was born in Edmonton, London in 1905 and attended Winchester College and King's College, Cambridge.[6] In 1924, Lloyd won the Public Schools Championship in fencing.[4] He also won the foil title at the British Fencing Championships seven times from 1928 to 1938,[7] [4] and three bronze medals at the World Fencing Championships in the 1930s.[8]

Lloyd's first Olympic Games were the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he finished in sixth place in the men's individual foil.[9] Lloyd was also selected as the reserve cox for the men's eight rowing, but he did not compete in the event.[6] Four years later, at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Lloyd took part in the individual foil and team foil events.[10][11]

After World War II, Lloyd competed at his home Games at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[4] He competed in the team foil and team sabre events,[12][13] as well as the individual foil event where he recorded his best finish at the Olympics, with fourth place.[14] The Times said that it was the "finest achievement in the history of British fencing".[15] At the 1948 Summer Olympics, Lloyd was also the flag bearer for Great Britain at the Opening Ceremony.[16]

Lloyd's final Olympics as a competitor was the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he took part in the team foil.[17]

Lloyd was also the President of the Amateur Fencing Association,[18] and in 1978, Lloyd was a recipient of the Silver Olympic Order.[19] He was also the President of the Welsh Fencing Union,[4] with the Emrys Lloyd Welsh Intermediate Foil Trophy named after him.[20] Outside of fencing, Lloyd was also a commercial lawyer and was a legal adviser to the British Olympic Association.[6]

References

  1. ^ "John Emrys Lloyd Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Emrys Lloyd and the 1948 London Olympics" (PDF). British Sports Law. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. ^ "1948 Austerity Olympics" (PDF). British Fencing. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Emrys Lloyd". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Memories of Great British Fencers" (PDF). British Academy of Fencing. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d "John "Emrys" Lloyd OBE 1905 – 1987". Epee Club. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  7. ^ "British Champions" (PDF). British Fencing. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  8. ^ The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results (1987). Fencing World Championships, pages 165-167. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  9. ^ "Foil, Individual, Men (1932)". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Foil, Individual, Men (1936)". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Foil, Team, Men (1936)". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Foil, Team, Men (1948)". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Sabre, Team, Men (1948)". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Foil, Individual, Men (1948)". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Memory lane 6 August 2018". Law Gazette. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Flagbearers for 1948 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Foil, Team, Men (1952)". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  18. ^ "1971–1973: International Support / Exile". Gough Papers. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Olympic Order Recipients". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  20. ^ "Fencing: Kingston the foil king". Wales Online. Retrieved 21 April 2022.

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