Piers Gilliver
Paralympian
GBR Wheelchair Fencer
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SILVER MEDALLIST AT THE RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC GAMES - First Paralympic medal for GB Wheelchair fencing in 24 years
WORLD CHAMPION 2019 Men's Cat A Epee.
Cheonju,Korea.
CURRENT WORLD No1 - THIS RANKING HELD SINCE 2015 - a first for a GB fencing
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MULTI WORLD CUP GOLD MEDALIST...MANY OF THESE TITLES WON BACK-TO-BACK
First GB fencer to win 3 World cup Golds back-to-back
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OVERALL WINNER - IWASF WORLD CUP SERIES. 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 - Men's Cat A Epee
DOUBLE WORLD CUP GOLD MEDALIST ON SABRE DEBUT - First GB fencer to win Gold in two weapons at same event
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BRITISH NO 1 & REIGNING TRIPLE NATIONAL CHAMPION IN ALL THREE WEAPONS
2013 U23'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPION
Men's Cat A Epee
A dream come true ! I had the honour of representing Great Britain as part of the Paralympics GB squad at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games!
I was proud to take to the podium at this my first Games, having won the Silver Medal in the Men's Cat A Epee event.
Victory ! Winning the semi-Finals match against Zainulabdeen AL - Madhkhoori IRQ that took me through to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Final!
It was fantastic to win Gold in the Men's Cat A Epee event at the Warsaw World cup, Poland. July 2016.
This was the last event before the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and so it was great to see that all of the training & adjustments that my coach Peter Rome and I had been doing working as we planned towards Rio !
GOLD !!
I was thrilled to take the Gold Medal in the Men's Cat A Epee event at the IWASF World cup in Pisa, Italy.
Pictured here with Romain Noble FRA(Silver), Roman Fedyaev RUS(Bronze) and Dariusz Pender POL (Bronze)
Gold for GBR !!
It was a fantastic feeling to top the podium in the Men's Cat A Epee event at the Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix in Hong Kong in December 2014 !
On the podium in Eger, Hungary November 2014 after taking my second World Cup Gold Medal in the Men's Cat A Epee event.
A great feeling !
On the Podium at the Warsaw World Cup Grand Prix having won my First World Cup Gold Medal and a first World Cup Gold for GBR too - A fantastic feeling and excellent start to my Rio 2016 bid !
Really pleased to have taken the Silver Medal in the Men's Cat A Foil event at the U23's World Championships held in Warsaw, Poland Oct 2014. Pictured here with the medallists and their coaches - my coach is Baldip Sahota .
My first World Cup Silver ! On the podium in Lonato,Italy having won the Silver Medal in the Men's Cat A Foil event. to my left, Gold-Osvath HUN, Bronze Macri ITA and Betti ITA
In action during a Men's Cat A Foil match in Lonato,Italy May 23-25th 2014
I'm pictured here (on right) 2 points up on sabreur Thomas Hall-Butcher during the final of the Men's Cat A Sabre National Championships, a match that I went on to win.
This was to be me last time attending the Sainsbury's UK School Games as a competitor due to age restrictions and so it was great to "Go out in style! " as a Triple Gold Medalist in the mixed wheelchair fencing events 2013.
