Judy Guinness Penn-Hughes
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Female |
| Full name | Heather Seymour "Judy"•Guinness Penn-Hughes (-Henning) |
| Used name | Judy•Guinness Penn-Hughes |
| Born | 14 August 1910 in Dublin, Dublin City (IRL) |
| Died | 24 October 1952 (aged 42 years 2 months 10 days) in Springhare Farm, Matabeleland North (ZIM) |
| Affiliations | Gauthier's Penguins |
| NOC |  Great Britain |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 0 |
| Silver | 1 |
| Bronze | 0 |
| Total | 1 |
Biography
At Los Angeles in 1932, Judy Guinness was initially declared the winner of the final duel. She herself stated that the judge had wrongly decided twice in her favor, and that she had thus lost the bout against the Austrian Ellen Preis. The jury listened to her allegations and awarded the Gold Medal to Ellen Preis.
Judy Guinness was the daughter of the engineer, banker and politician Henry Seymour Guinness from the Irish brewing family. In 1934 she married the racing driver and son of an entrepreneur, Clifton Penn-Hughes. After he died in July 1939 in a plane crash in Folkestone, Guinness married John Henning in 1942.
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 Summer Olympics | Fencing | GBR |
Judy Guinness | |||
| Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic) | 2 | Silver | ||||
| 1936 Summer Olympics | Fencing | GBR |
Judy Penn-Hughes | |||
| Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic) | 6 p2 r3/4 |
List mentions
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Fencing Championships (0–2–0 1933 Budapest silver: foil team; 1934 Warszawa silver: foil team)