Anna Bentley
{{Short description|British fencer (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
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| name = Anna Bentley
| image = Anna Bentley - Our Greatest Team Parade.jpg
| caption = Bentley at the Our Greatest Team Parade
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|01|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Aberdeen, Scotland
| residence = London, England
| height = 1.83 m
| weight = 73 kg
| country = {{GBR2}}
| weapon = Foil
| hand = Left-handed
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| club = Salle Boston
| headcoach = Tomek Walicki
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| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/9214 current ranking]
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Anna Bentley (born 28 January 1981) is a British foil fencer.{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/bentley-anna-1075598/|work=London2012.com|title=Anna Bentley|accessdate=25 August 2012|archive-date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127231646/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/bentley-anna-1075598/|url-status=dead}} She represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Career
Bentley was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, but grew up in Bergh Apton, Norfolk. She took up fencing at the age of eleven after coach Andrew Sowerby from the Norfolk Academy of Fencing did a "come and try" session at the Norwich High School for Girls.{{cite news|url=http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/sport/norwich_fencer_anna_bentley_takes_her_own_journey_from_bid_to_olympic_berth_1_1425774|title=Norwich fencer Anna Bentley takes her own journey from bid to Olympic berth|author=Michael Bailey|newspaper=Hackney Gazette|date=1 July 2012|access-date=2 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135519/http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/sport/norwich_fencer_anna_bentley_takes_her_own_journey_from_bid_to_olympic_berth_1_1425774|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}} She attended The British School in the Netherlands, leaving in 1999.
She qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics through host country option.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jun/12/london-2012-british-fencing-olympics|title=London 2012: British Fencing confirms final three athletes for Olympics|publisher=Press Association|date=12 June 2012}} In the individual event she was defeated 9–10 in the first round by Canada's Monica Peterson. With Sophie Troiano and Natalia Sheppard represented Great Britain in the team event. They defeated Egypt in the first round, but lost to title favourites Italy, composed of the gold, silver, and bronze medallists of the individual event.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/other-events/fencing-great-britains-women-crushed-by-favourites-italy-in-team-foil-8001318.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/other-events/fencing-great-britains-women-crushed-by-favourites-italy-in-team-foil-8001318.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Great Britain's women crushed by favourites Italy in team foil|author=Mark Garrod|newspaper=The Independent|date=2 August 2012}}{{cbignore}}
Bentley won the gold medal at the individual British National Championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010. She won the silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Fencing Championships. She represented Great Britain at 5 consecutive World Championships from 2007 to 2011.
Bentley is the eldest granddaughter Chris Anderson.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{FIE|9214}}
- {{EFC|00689082}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150924005337/http://www.eurofencing.info/athletes/biography/anna-bentley archive])
- {{Team GB}}
- {{Olympics.com|org_archive=20200215170558}}
- {{Olympedia}}
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Category:British female foil fencers
Category:Olympic fencers for Great Britain
Category:Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:People from South Norfolk (district)
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