George Sandor
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | c.1944 Scotland | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||
Events | Foil, Épée | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Edinburgh University Fencing Club | |||||||||||||||||
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George G. Sandor (born c. 1944) is a former international fencer from Scotland who won medals at two Commonwealth Games.
Biography
[edit]Sandor attended Henry Smith Grammar School in Hartlepool and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh[1] and was a member of their Fencing Club.[2] He was a Scottish and British Universities champion.[3]
Sandor represented the Scotland team[4] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he participated in the three events.[5] He subsequently won a bronze medal in the team foil with Joseph Rorke and Robert Wilson.[6][7]
He attended a second Commonwealth Games at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh and won a silver medal in the team épée event, with Derek Russell and Ian Hunter.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Fencing champion". Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 18 March 1965. p. 2. Retrieved 18 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Jay for fifth Empire Games". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 June 1966. p. 19. Retrieved 18 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Sandy Leckie again in Games team". The Scotsman. 16 May 1970. p. 15. Retrieved 18 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "McGregor to captain Scotland's Empire Games team". The Scotsman. 13 June 1966. p. 14. 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.
- ↑ "Fencing's Top Three Commonwealth Games". Team Scotland. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ↑ "fencing". The Scotsman. 27 July 1970. p. 10. Retrieved 18 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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