| 词条 | Alex O'Connell (fencer) |
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| name = Alex O'Connell | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = British | residence = United Kingdom | birth_date = {{birth date and age|17 April 1988}}[1] | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.9m[2] | weight = | website = | country = United Kingdom | sport = Fencing | event = 2008 Olympic Games | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = 2008 | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes }} Alexander O'Connell (born 1988) is a sabre fencer who, having won various national and Commonwealth awards, competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Olympic Games. Sporting careerIn 2005, O’Connell won the junior world championship in Austria. In the following year, he was selected for the England under-20 Commonwealth team in India, where he won gold in the individual and team events. In 2007, he placed second at the Junior Men's Sabre World Cup in Göppingen, Germany. He has come in first, second, or third in numerous National and International Championships.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} He competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Olympic Games, where he seeded 39th, and was eliminated by Nikolay Kovalev in the first round of competition, narrowly losing 15-14.[3] O'Connell was one of a group of four fencers who unsuccessfully appealed their rejection from the British team at the London 2012 Olympics.[4] Personal lifeO'Connell grew up in Brentwood, Essex, with a brother three years older, and a sister four years younger; both siblings also fenced. His parents, of Irish descent, are a solicitor and property developer, and a part-time teacher.[5] Educated at Brentwood School in Essex and Churchill College, Cambridge, where he studied Classics,[2] O'Connell is now a lawyer with Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer in London. In 2017, O'Connell married author Ruth Gilligan in Ireland, after they met in college in 2008, and became engaged in 2016.[4] References1. ^{{cite web |title=Olympic athletes - Alex O'Connell |url=https://www.olympic.org/alex-o-connell |publisher=International Olympic Council |accessdate=7 August 2018}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Oconnell, Alex}}{{UK-fencing-bio-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite web |title=Olympics fitness file: Alex O'Connell |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jan/10/alex-o-connell-fencing-olympics-training |website=The Guardian |publisher=Scott Trust |accessdate=7 August 2018}} 3. ^{{cite news |title=Fencing: Olympic sabre-rattling proves sport still can be noble |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2546851/Fencing-Olympic-sabre-rattling-proves-sport-still-can-be-noble.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=12 August 2008 |accessdate=21 October 2010 }} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18273453|title=London 2012: Fencers' Olympic selection appeals rejected|date=30 May 2012|publisher=|accessdate=8 August 2018|via=www.bbc.co.uk}} 5. ^{{cite news |title=Teaming up with Mum and Dad - Alex O'Connell |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jul/26/familyandrelationships.olympicgames2008 |accessdate=7 August 2018 |work=The Guardian |publisher=Scott Trust |date=26 July 2008}} 5 : British male fencers|Olympic fencers of Great Britain|Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Living people|1988 births |
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