Aileen Harding
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 1933[1] Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Foil | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Cardiff Fencing Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Aileen G. M. Harding (born 1933) is a former foil fencer from Wales, who won a bronze medal at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).[2]
Biography
Harding, born in Cardiff, Wales, was the 1949 British schoolgirl's champion and attended the pioneering Anstey College of Physical Education.[3]
Harding represented the Welsh team and won a bronze medal in the foil competition at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.[4][5][6]
The following year, she married Edward Tattersall in Cardiff during 1955.[7]
References
- ^ "Miss Aileen Harding". Western Mail. 30 October 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 25 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Members of the Welsh Empire Games team". Western Mail. 21 July 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 25 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Fencing Success". Western Mail. 13 November 1951. p. 5. Retrieved 25 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wales Vancouver 1954". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Fencing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ "That Vancouver achievement, Where Wales gained those 7 medals with a team of 21". Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 26 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "HARDING Aileen G.M." Free BMD. Retrieved 25 September 2025.