| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 June 1913 Reading[1] or Shirley, Croydon |
| Died | 4 January 2011 (aged 97)[2] Lincolnshire |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Ronald Parfitt (3 June 1913 – 4 January 2011) was a British fencer and radiotherapist. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.[3]
Parfitt was born in a dentist family in Reading. He attended Guy's Hospital to become a dentist, but qualified as general doctor in 1939. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II in North Africa and Europe.[1]
In 1946, he joined the radiation therapy department at Lambeth Hospital, where he worked among others with Theodore Stephanides.[1] Parfitt won the United Kingdom national épée championships in 1948 and 1950.[1] He invented first electric fencing box in England.[1] In 1949 Parfitt married hospital nurse Margaret. His wife died in 2008; they had 2 daughters and 5 grandchildren.[1]
