George Birks

{{short description|English fencer}}

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George T Birks is an English former fencer.

Fencing career

He represented England and won a gold medal in the team sabre at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/46557|title=1962 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/43194|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=31 July 2019|archive-date=4 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704070301/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/43194|url-status=dead}}

He was a member of the London Polytechnic Fencing Club where he was a pupil of Bela Imregi.

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