Patricia_Woodroffe
Patricia Woodroffe
New Zealand fencer
Patricia Louise Parkinson (née Woodroffe, 14 July 1926 – 5 August 2001) was a New Zealand fencer who won a silver medal for her country at the 1950 British Empire Games.
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Birth name | Patricia Louise Woodroffe | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1926-07-14)14 July 1926 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 5 August 2001(2001-08-05) (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||
Spouse | Finlay James Parkinson (div. c.1974) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
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National finals | Foil champion (1947, 1948, 1949) | ||||||||||||||
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Born Patricia Louise Woodroffe on 14 July 1926 in the Auckland suburb of Epsom, Parkinson was the daughter of Louise Olivia Woodroffe (née Martin) and William David Woodroffe.[1][2] Educated at St Cuthbert's College,[3][4] she married Finlay James Parkinson in the mid 1950s, but they later divorced.[5]
Woodroffe won the New Zealand national fencing championship in three consecutive years, from 1947 to 1949.[6] She represented New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, winning the silver medal with a record of six wins from seven bouts, losing only to the gold medallist, Mary Glen-Haig.[7][8][9]
Parkinson died on 5 August 2001, and her body was cremated at Hamilton Park Cemetery.[1][10]
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- "The school year". New Zealand Herald. 15 December 1942. p. 5. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- "Old girls' wall of honour" (PDF). College Ties. September 2014. p. 48. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- "Parkinson, Finlay James v Parkinson, Patricia Louise". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- "New Zealand fencing champions" (PDF). teara.govt.nz. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- "Patricia Woodroffe". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- "Results for the 1950 British Empire Games – fencing – foil individual – women". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2014. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- "Englishwoman's fencing title". The Advocate. 8 February 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- "Cemetery search". Hamilton City Council. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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