Bob Binning Explained

Bob Binning
Birth Name:Robert Samuel Jackson Binning
Birth Date:28 November 1935
Death Place:Queensland, Australia
Country:New Zealand
Sport:Fencing
Nationals:Sabre champion (1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966)
Épée champion (1966)
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Robert Samuel Jackson Binning (28 November 1935 – 8 August 2005) was a New Zealand fencer.[1]

He won the bronze medal as part of the men's sabre team at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[2] His teammates in the event were Michael Henderson and Brian Pickworth.

Binning competed individually in the sabre and épée at the 1958, 1962 and 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[2] He won eight national titles in the men's sabre and one in the épée over his career.[1]

Binning died in Queensland, Australia, on 8 August 2005.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A final salute to Bob Binning . 10 August 2005 . Fencing New Zealand . 21 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Bob Binning . 2018 . New Zealand Olympic Committee . 21 June 2019.