Nick Halsted

{{Short description|British fencer (1942–2007)}}

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Nicholas Halsted (14 October 1942 – 22 September 2007) was a British international fencer. Halsted was captain of the Oxford University fencing team in 1964.[http://oufencing.co.uk/about/history/ "Oxford University Fencing Club History"] He competed in three events at the 1968 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/nick-halsted-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031847/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/nick-halsted-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Nick Halsted Olympic Results |accessdate=29 December 2010 |work=sports-reference.com}}[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49956706/ "Sports World,"] The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, page 2, 6 September 1968. He was also the President of the Amateur Fencing Association between 1986 and 1994.

He married fellow fencing international Clare Henley in 1972 and their son Laurence Halsted (born 1984) became an Olympic fencer.