Clare Henley-Halsted
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 August 1948 Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Foil | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Thames Fencing Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Clare Henley married name Clare Halsted (born 18 August 1948) is a retired British international fencer who competed at two Olympic Games.
Biography
She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]
Henley was a member of the Thames Fencing Club.[2]
She represented England in the team foil event, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[3][4][5] winning a gold medal.[6]
She married fellow fencing international Nick Halsted in 1972 and their son Laurence Halsted (born 1984) also became an international fencer.
References
- ^ "Clare Henley-Halsted Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ "The five members of the British women's fencing team". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 13 July 1967. p. 5. Retrieved 28 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 January 2026.