Aileen Harding

Aileen Harding
Personal information
Born1933[1]
Cardiff, Wales
Sport
SportFencing
Event
Foil
ClubCardiff Fencing Club
Medal record
Fencing
Representing Wales
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Vancouver foil

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]

The couple then lived on the Isle of Wight and settled in Hampshire with their two sons. Aileen taught physical education, specialising in gymnastics, in a primary state school.

Aileen died in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, in February 2026.

References

  1. ^ "Miss Aileen Harding". Western Mail. 30 October 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 25 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Members of the Welsh Empire Games team". Western Mail. 21 July 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 25 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Fencing Success". Western Mail. 13 November 1951. p. 5. Retrieved 25 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "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)
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Fencing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "HARDING Aileen G.M." Free BMD. Retrieved 25 September 2025.


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