88-year-old fencer wants to make Malaysian fencing world class


Theseira drives up to KL from his home in Melaka every Saturday. Sometimes he only has a couple of students but he doesn't mind.

For the past 62 years, Ronnie Theseira has been driving to Kuala Lumpur from his home in Malacca every Saturday to coach fencing to groups of students. Theseira is 88 years old and instead of taking it easy in his golden years, the former competitive fencer is passionate about passing on his knowledge and skills on the sport to a younger generation of fencers.

The founder of the Malaysian Fencing Masters Association and former Olympian (he participated in the 1964 summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan) has even written a letter to the new Youth and Sports Minister, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, and the National Sports Council (MSN), offering his services to the national fencing team.

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