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HONEYBONE James

sabre
Rank-
Pts0.000
Age34
HandR
LicenseNot valid

Personal Information

Family Partner Kate Beardmore

Occupation Athlete

Languages English

License number 11011991000

Club

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? He took up the sport at age nine.

Why this sport? "When I was young, I always tried any sport I could. I fell in love with fencing from the first day. I knew it was the sport for me."

Club / Team Truro Fencing Club: England

Name of coach Jon Salfield [club, national]

Training Regime He has three set training sessions a week, alongside gym work and extra sparring practice.

Handedness Right

General Interest

Memorable sporting achievement Competing in front of a home crowd at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (baku2015.com, 23 Jun 2015)

Most influential person in career Coach Jon Salfield. (baku2015.com, 23 Jun 2015)

Sporting philosophy / motto "There is absolutely no substitution for hard work." (GuernseySports YouTube channel, 04 Sep 2012)

Famous relatives His partner Kate Beardmore represented Great Britain in fencing at the world championships in 2018 and 2019. (Kate Beardmore Instagram profile, 23 Jun 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 19 Mar 2021)

Ambitions To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (pianetascherma.com, 23 Jun 2018)

Other information RETURN HOME
In 2017 he returned to England after spending the previous two years living and training in Budapest, Hungary. "As much as I will miss Hungary, I'm really excited to be back in the UK surrounded by my friends and family. And I can't wait to be back working on a daily basis with my coach and fencing maestro since my very first fencing session, Jon Salfield." (Instagram profile, 12 Jun 2018)

COACHING
He is a level two sabre fencing coach, and has worked at the Paul Davis Fencing Academy in Hertfordshire, England. (bfaeastern.org, 15 Apr 2018)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as chair of British Fencing's senior athlete representative panel. (britishfencing.com, 23 Jul 2020)

Statistics

rank
points
season
102nd (S)
12.500
2020/2021
80th (S)
18.000
2019/2020
79th (S)
15.500
2018/2019
36th (S)
41.000
2017/2018
51st (S)
30.000
2016/2017
56th (S)
26.000
2015/2016
67th (S)
17.000
2014/2015
57th (S)
26.000
2013/2014
47th (S)
32.000
2012/2013
84th (S)
14.000
2011/2012
76th (S)
19.000
2010/2011
244th (S)
2.000
2007/2008
296th (S)
1.000
2006/2007
334th (S)
0.000
2005/2006
22nd (J)
48.000
2010/2011
35th (J)
36.000
2007/2008
103rd (J)
12.000
2006/2007

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