Ralph Cooperman
Personal information
Full nameArnold Ralph Cooperman[1]
Born(1927-11-16)16 November 1927
Stoke Newington, London, England
Died22 March 2009(2009-03-22) (aged 81)
London, England
Height5-8.5 (174 cm)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
SportFencing
Event(s)Foil and sabre

Arnold Ralph Cooperman (16 November 1927 22 March 2009) was a British three-time Olympic foil and sabre fencer.

Personal life

Cooperman was born in Stoke Newington, England, and was Jewish.[2][1]

Fencing career

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 title at the British Fencing Championships in 1954, 1960 and 1961.[3][1][2]

Cooperman was a medalist at the 1950 Maccabiah Games, the 1953 Maccabiah Games, and the 1969 Maccabiah Games.[2][1][4] He competed in the world championships in 1953.[1]

He competed on behalf of Great Britain in foil and sabre at the 1956 in Melbourne, and in Rome in the 1960 Summer Olympics and Tokyo in the 1964 Summer Olympics.[5][1]

He represented England and won a gold medal and two silver medals in the foil and sabre respectively at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.[6][7]

At the 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 he won triple gold and a bronze medal in the foil (behind teammate Allan Jay).[1] He won his 11th medal in total and 6th and 7th gold medals in both sabre and team sabre at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Raz, Yonit. "Ralph Cooperman – A distinguished Jewish fencer 1927-2009". Esra Magazine. No. 150. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Arnold, A. J. (30 July 1954). "Eight Jewish Athletes at BFG". The Canadian Jewish Chronicle. p. 15 via Google News.
  3. "British Champions" (PDF). British Fencing. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. "In Memoriam". Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  5. "Ralph Cooperman Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  6. 1 2 "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  7. "1954 Athletes". Team England. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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