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Mar 26, 1966 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 58 years old
Australian Fencer and Engineer
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About Nigel Nutt
- Nigel Robert Forbes Nutt (born 26 March 1966) is an Australian Commonwealth fencer and engineer.
- Originally from Sydney, Nutt attended Barker College and later succeeded in a degree for engineering at Oxford University.
- In 1990, Nutt fenced in the Commonwealth Fencing Championships held in Manchester, England, and finished in the top 30.
- Later the same year, Nutt fenced in the World Cup - Challenge Brut held in Paris, France and finished in the top 60 of the world.
- Nutt has achieved the rank of Gold (top 8) in the Australian Commonwealth Fencing Championships, the Commonwealth Veteran Fencing Championships, the Australian Open, and numerous other fencing Opens such as the Scottish Open, Bristol Open and the New Zealand Open. During his school life, Nutt was seen to be remarkably skilled in chess, mathematics and other academic based skills, however lacked the athletic ability to thoroughly exceed in any of the main sports until he found a keen interest in fencing.
- In 1980, Nutt started fencing at the age of 14, whilst attending Barker College and when asked, Nutt responded by saying; 'I loved it ever since I picked up a foil as it was something that I have always wanted to do'.
- Nutt became President of the West Australia Fencing Association in 1995, the Director for the Australian Fencing Federation in 2000 and the President of the ACT Fencing Association in 2001.
- Since then, Nutt has been awarded the Robyn Chaplin OAM Award for services to fencing, an Australian Sports Medal and has won Gold in National Veterans - Men's Épée five times throughout the years of 1994-2013.
