| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Patricia Louise Woodroffe | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 July 1926 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 August 2001 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Finlay James Parkinson (div. c.1974) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | Foil champion (1947, 1948, 1949) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Early life and family[edit]
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]
Fencing[edit]
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]
Death[edit]
Parkinson died on 5 August 2001, and her body was cremated at Hamilton Park Cemetery.[1][10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Death search: registration number 2001/17024". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ "Births". Auckland Star. 15 July 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ "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.