Marcus Mepstead
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11 May 1990 London, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon(s) | foil | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National coach(es) | Andrey Kluyshin | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sussex House Fencing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Mark Nelson Griffiths | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE Ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marcus Mepstead (born 11 May 1990, London) is a British foil fencer, team bronze medallist at the 2010[1] and 2013 European Championships,[2] and team gold medallist at the 2015 European Games.[3]
Career
Mepstead started fencing as an after-school activity.[4] He was a member of the team that earned a bronze medal at the 2010 European Championships in Leipzig, Great Britain's first medal at the major fencing event since 1965.[1] He took part in the 2011 Summer Universiade.[5] They took another bronze medal two years later in Zagreb.[6] In 2014 he was drafted into the British World Class Programme ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7] In the 2014–15 season he took part in the first edition of the European Games held in Baku. Great Britain defeated France, then managed a surprise win against favourites Italy to earn the gold medal.[8]
He studies geography and economics at the London School of Economics, where he was named a sports ambassador.[9] He also coaches part-time.
References
- 1 2 "London 2012: Fencing progress report". The Guardian. 26 July 2010.
- ↑ "British foil fencers win European Championship team bronze". BBC. 21 June 2013.
- ↑ "European Games: Britain win fencing foil gold". BBC. 27 June 2015.
- ↑ "Marcus Mepstead". Beazley British Fencing.
- ↑ Shanna Chu. "Britain's Biggest Ever Delegation Joins Shenzhen Universiade". lifeofguangzhou.com.
- ↑ "Fencing - Great Britain pick up men's foil team bronze at European Championships". Yahoo! Sport. 21 June 2013.
- ↑ Daniel Etchells (29 May 2015). "British Fencing's Elite Training Centre formally opened". insidethegames.biz.
- ↑ Mark Staniforth (27 June 2015). "Baku Games 2015: Great Britain's fencing team stun reigning champions Italy for gold". Evening Standard.
- ↑ "LSE Sports Ambassadors". LSE Students' Union.
External links
- Profile at the European Fencing Confederation