| Ralph Cooperman | |
| Fullname: | Arnold Ralph Cooperman[1] |
| Birth Date: | 16 November 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Stoke Newington, London, England |
| Death Place: | London, England |
| Height: | 5-8.5 (174 cm) |
| Weight: | 165 lbs (75 kg) |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Sport: | Fencing |
| Event: | Foil and sabre |
Arnold Ralph Cooperman (16 November 1927 - 22 March 2009) was a British three-time Olympic foil and sabre fencer.
Cooperman was born in Stoke Newington, England, and was Jewish.[1]
He won the British junior championships in foil and sabre in 1950 and 1951, and was a three times British fencing champion, winning the sabre title at the British Fencing Championships in 1954, 1960 and 1961.[2] [1] [3]
Cooperman was a medalist at the 1950 Maccabiah Games, the 1953 Maccabiah Games, and the 1969 Maccabiah Games.[3] [1] [4] He competed in the world championships in 1953.[1]
He competed on behalf of Great Britain in foil and sabre at the 1956 in Melbourne, and in Rome in the 1960 Summer Olympics and Tokyo in the 1964 Summer Olympics.[5] [1]
He represented England and won a gold medal and two silver medals in the foil and sabre respectively at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.[6] [7]
At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games won a gold and silver in the sabre events and four years later at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won triple gold and a bronze medal in the foil (behind teammate Allan Jay).[1] He won his 11th medal in total and 6th and 7th gold medals in both sabre and team sabre at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[6]