Martin Brill

New Zealand Olympian: 411

Biography

Fencer Martin Brill is a six-time New Zealand champion and a double Olympian.

Brill competed at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, finishing 15th, and at the 1988 Seoul Games, where he finished 7th and received the IOC Diploma for Excellence in Sport.

Brill has completed two years of studies under the French Fencing Masters (Maitre d'Armes). He represented New Zealand at the 1992 Barcelona Games as a coach, and still trains athletes today.

Brill is a member of the NZOC’s Olympians Commission and remains passionate about the Olympic values and movement as he works on initiatives which offer Olympians opportunities to network and connect.

Brill currently lives in Christchurch, where he is President of the Regional Fencing Committee Mid-South.

athlete

Fast facts

Sport
Fencing
Birth place
Stoke on Trent
Born
1956
Height
182cm

Olympic Summer GamesSeoul 1988

Fencing(Epee Individual - Men)

  • Placed: 7 of 79