Julia Bracewell
{{Short description|British fencer (born 1964)}}
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Julia Bracewell {{postnominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (born 26 April 1964) is a British lawyer and fencer. She competed in the women's foil events at the 1992 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/julia-bracewell-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041841/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/julia-bracewell-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Julia Bracewell Olympic Results |accessdate=24 December 2011 |work=sports-reference.com}}
Biography
Bracewell was born in Essex in 1964. Her family were keen on fencing so she had started by the age of five. Her father, Bert Bracewell, was the British fencing coach for sixteen years. He taught fencing from a stable in Kirkliston. She qualified as a lawyer gaining two prizes in her bar exams whilst working on the trading floors in London.{{Cite web|url=http://mccarthydenning.com/lawyers/julia-bracewell/|title=Julia Bracewell OBE – McCarthy Denning|website=mccarthydenning.com|language=en-US|access-date=26 November 2017}} She competed in the women's foil events at the 1990 European and World championships and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Bracewell was appointed an OBE in the 1999 Birthday Honours.
In 2005 she was named as the chair of Sportscotland replacing Alistair Dempster.{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12484740.Olympian_takes_on_top_sports_post/|title=Olympian takes on top sports post|website=HeraldScotland|date=7 July 2005 |language=en|access-date=26 November 2017}} She was the last permanent chair as after she stood down in February 2008, SportsScotland was merged to create a new body.{{Cite web|url=https://sportscotland.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/profile/archived-articles/new-sportscotland-vice-chair-announced/|title=New sportscotland Vice-Chair announced|last=sportscotland|website=sportscotland.org.uk|language=en|access-date=26 November 2017}}
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Category:British female fencers
Category:Olympic fencers for Great Britain
Category:Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire