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Ralph Cooperman
Personal information
Born(1927-11-16)16 November 1927
Stoke Newington, London, England
Died22 March 2009(2009-03-22) (aged 81)
London, England
Height5 ft 8.5 in (174.0 cm)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
SportFencing
Event(s)
Foil and sabre
ClubSalle Paul Fencing Club
Medal record
Fencing
Representing  England
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1954 Vancouver foil team
Silver medal – second place 1954 Vancouver sabre individual
Silver medal – second place 1954 Vancouver sabre team
Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardiff sabre team
Silver medal – second place 1958 Cardiff sabre individual
Gold medal – first place 1962 Perth foil team
Gold medal – first place 1962 Perth sabre individual
Gold medal – first place 1962 Perth sabre team
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Perth foil individual
Gold medal – first place 1966 Kingston sabre individual
Gold medal – first place 1966 Kingston sabre team

Arnold Ralph Cooperman (16 November 1927 – 22 March 2009) was a British three-time Olympic foil and sabre fencer.[1]

Biography

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

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][6]

Cooperman represented the England team[8] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he participated in the sabre events.[9] He won a 6th and 7th gold medal respectively in the individual and team sabre, the latter with Richard Oldcorn and John Rayden.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Raz, Yonit. "Ralph Cooperman – A distinguished Jewish fencer 1927-2009". Esra Magazine. No. 150. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  7. ^ "1954 Athletes". Team England. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Jay for fifth Empire Games". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 June 1966. p. 19. Retrieved 18 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "England Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  10. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Fencing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
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