René Paul


Ronald René Charles Paul was a British fencer.

Fencing career

He competed at four Olympic Games and won ten Commonwealth Games medals.
He represented England and won two gold medals in the Foil individual and team and a silver medal in the Épée team at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
Four years later he won four medals at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; three golds in the Épée team and Foil individual and team and a silver in the Épée individual. Two more medals were won during the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales and his tenth and final medal was won at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.

Personal life

He is part of a famous fencing and athletics family; wife June Foulds, sons Graham Paul and Barry Paul, brother Raymond Paul and nephew Steven Paul.