Ralph Cooperman
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 November 1927 Stoke Newington, London, England |
| Died | 22 March 2009 (aged 81) London, England |
| Height | 5 ft 8.5 in (174.0 cm) |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Event(s) | Foil and sabre |
| Club | Salle Paul Fencing Club |
Medal record | |
Arnold Ralph Cooperman (16 November 1927 – 22 March 2009) was a British three-time Olympic foil and sabre fencer.[1]
Biography
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Arnold, A. J. (30 July 1954). "Eight Jewish Athletes at BFG". The Canadian Jewish Chronicle. p. 15 – via Google News.
- ^ "British Champions" (PDF). British Fencing. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ "In Memoriam". Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Ralph Cooperman Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "1954 Athletes". Team England. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Jay for fifth Empire Games". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 June 1966. p. 19. Retrieved 18 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "England Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Fencing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
External links
- Ralph Cooperman on Olympedia
- Ralph Cooperman on Olympics.com