Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh

Janet Bewley Wardell-Yerburgh (née Janet Cathie) (born 15 February 1940) is a British retired international fencer.

Janet Wardell-Yerburgh
Personal information
Born (1940-02-15) 15 February 1940
Gomshall, Surrey, England
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Fencing
Representing  England
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
1966 Kingston team foil
1966 Kingston individual foil
1970 Edinburgh team foil
1970 Edinburgh individual foil

Fencing career

She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]

She represented England and won double gold in the foil events, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[2][3]

Four years later she repeated the success by winning another double gold at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[4]

Personal life

In 1966, she married the Olympic oarsman Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh, and they had one daughter, Atlanta Jane. Her husband was killed in a road accident in January 1970.[5]

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References
  1. "Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  2. "1966 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
  4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. Hugh Arthur Wardell-Yerburgh at douglashistory.co.uk, accessed 3 April 2019
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