Mary Glen-Haig

Dame

Mary Glen-Haig

DBE

Personal information
Birth name	Mary Alison James
Born	(1918-07-12)12 July 1918 Islington, London, England
Died	15 November 2014(2014-11-15) (aged 96) Oxfordshire, England
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Women's fencing Representing UK British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1950 Individual Foil 1954 Individual Foil 1958 Individual Foil

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.