Robert Foxcroft
{{Short description|Canadian fencer (1934–2009)}}
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Robert Foxcroft (17 August 1934 – 20 November 2009) was a Canadian competitive fencer and sports coach. He competed at the 1964 and 1972 Summer Olympics and at three Pan American Games, two Commonwealth Games and two World Championships. He coached the Western University men’s and women’s fencing teams from 1969 to 1981 when they won four Ontario Championships.[https://fencingontario.ca/robert-foxcroft-induction-into-the-western-university-sports-hall-of-fame/ Ontario Fencing Association 5 September 2018]
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Category:Olympic fencers for Canada
Category:Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Fencers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Sportspeople from London, Ontario
Category:University of Western Ontario alumni
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in fencing
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in fencing
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in fencing
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
Category:Fencers at the 1959 Pan American Games
Category:Fencers at the 1967 Pan American Games
Category:Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Canadian male foil fencers
Category:Canadian male sabre fencers
Category:Canadian male épée fencers
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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