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| Birth name | Mary Alison James | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 1918 Islington, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 November 2014 (aged 96) Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dame Mary Alison Glen-Haig, DBE (née James; 12 July 1918 – 15 November 2014) was a British fencer who competed in four Olympic games in 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960. She was born in London, the daughter of William James, a fencer at the 1908 London Olympics. She began competing professionally in 1937 and continued until 1960, during which time she won two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and competed in four Olympics in the women's individual foil events. She was one of the first female members of the International Olympic Committee in 1982 and was created a dame in 1993. After London's successful bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics in 2005, she was active as the host nation's ambassador to the games.