Gaye McDermit
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| Birth name | Gaye Lynette McDermit | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 May 1945 | |||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Ron Horne | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||
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Gaye Lynette Horne (née McDermit, born 9 May 1945) is a former New Zealand fencer who won two bronze medals representing her country at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Born on 9 May 1945, McDermit finished as runner-up in the women's foil at the 1965 New Zealand national fencing championships.[1] The same year, she was part of the New Zealand team that competed against Australia.[1]
At the time of the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, McDermit was working as a typist.[1] At those games, she represented New Zealand in both the women's individual and teams foil events.[2] She won a bronze medal in the individual foil,[3] and then won a second bronze alongside Pam French and Joyce Fenton in the team event.[4]
McDermitt also competed in the individual and team foil events again at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, but was unplaced.[2]
References
- ^ a b c New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games Team, Kingston, Jamaica. Wellington: New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department. 1966.
- ^ a b "Gaye McDermit". Olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee.
- ^ "Fencing foil individual – women Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Fencing foil team – women Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
External links
- Gaye L. McDermit at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)