Ian Bowditch

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Ian Bowditch (9 March 1939 – 25 February 2008) was an Australian fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/ian-bowditch-1.html |title=Ian Bowditch Olympic Results |accessdate=9 December 2010 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104084358/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/ian-bowditch-1.html |archivedate=4 November 2012 }} Before this, Ian and his brother Bruce were both awarded full blues for fencing as members of the Melbourne University Fencing Club.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ian.bowditch.info/|title=Ian Bowditch|last=Bowditch|first=Bruce|website=www.ian.bowditch.info|access-date=4 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106201718/http://ian.bowditch.info/|archive-date=6 November 2008|url-status=dead}}

Bowditch, who trained as a lawyer, helped draft the Constitution of Nauru while working as an Australian Government Legal Officer prior to Nauru's independence. He later practiced as a barrister at the Victorian Bar for over 25 years (signing the Victorian Bar Roll on 24 November 1983 and retiring in 2003).

He was the father of singer Clare Bowditch.