Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh
Janet Bewley Wardell-Yerburgh (née Janet Cathie) (born 15 February 1940) is a British retired international fencer.
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Born | Gomshall, Surrey, England | 15 February 1940||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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
- "Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- "1966 Athletes". Team England.
- "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- Hugh Arthur Wardell-Yerburgh at douglashistory.co.uk, accessed 3 April 2019
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