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Full name | Charles Gordon Dearing | ||||||||||||||
Born | Islington, London, England | 9 March 1908||||||||||||||
Died | 2 August 1962 Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 54)||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
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National finals | Individual foil: 2nd (1946); 3rd (1947) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Charles Gordon Dearing (9 March 1908 – 2 August 1962) was a New Zealand fencer who won a silver medal at the 1950 British Empire Games.
Born in Islington, London, England, on 9 March 1908, Dearing was the son of Hannah Dearing (née Hards) and Joseph Stephen Dearing, a painter and decorator. [1] The family emigrated from Britain in 1913, intending to settle in Argentina, [2] but later moved to New Zealand. In 1933, Charles Dearing married Irene Alexandra Jeffs in Auckland, [3] and they had one son, Rodney, born in Whangārei in 1938, [4] who would go on to be the director of the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland. [5] Charles and Irene Dearing divorced in 1943, [6] and Charles married Rosa Joy Saxton.
In 1940, Dearing graduated from Auckland University College with the degree of Bachelor of Commerce. [7] [8]
In 1946, Dearing was runner-up in the men's individual foil competition at the New Zealand national fencing championships held in Auckland. [9] The following year, he finished third in the same event at the national championships in Christchurch. [10]
Dearing represented New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, alongside Austen Gittos, Murray Gittos and Nathaniel Millar in the men's team foil competition, winning the silver medal. [11] Dearing also competed in the individual men's foil event, but did not progress after winning only one bout in the elimination pool.
Dearing died on 2 August 1962, and his body was cremated at Purewa Crematorium, Auckland. [12]