First fencing Olympian a master of many skills

Still going strong: At 90, Ronnie lifts weights five days a week.

WHEN Malaysia and Singapore marched as one for the only time in Olympics history in 1964, Ronnie Theseira was beaming with pride in front of the cheering, 48,000-strong crowd at the Kasumigaoka National Stadium in Japan. Ronnie was 34 then, and a rookie at the Olympics.

But he’s a man who has so many accolades now, that it’s almost impossible to list them all. Ronnie set up the Malayan Amateur Fencing Association in 1959.