Ben Peggs

Fencing and Strength & Conditioning Coach

  • • U17 British National Championships Silver Medal

    • U20 World Cup Finalist

    • U23 European Championships Finalist

    • British Senior National Championships 2x Silver Medal

    • British Senior National Championships 2x Bronze Medal

    • British Senior National Championships 3x Team Gold Medal

    • U20 Commonwealth Championships Gold Medal

    • U20 Commonwealth Championships Team Gold Medal

    • Senior Commonwealth Championships Gold Medal

    • Senior Commonwealth Championships 2x Team Silver Medal

    • Senior Commonwealth Championships 2x Team Gold Medal

    • European Games Team Gold Medal

    • 3x European Championships Team

    • 3x World Championships Team

    • Rio Olympic Games training partner

  • • British Fencing Accredited Level 1 Foil Coach

    • British Fencing Accredited Level 2 Foil Coach

    • British Fencing Accredited Level 3 Foil Coach

    • British Academy Accredited Level 1 Foil Coach

    • British Academy Accredited Level 2 Foil Coach

    • First Aid Qualified

    • Child Protection Course Certified

    • Disclosure and Barring Service Checked

    • Coach Clean Certificate 2021

    • Team Manager’s Agreement Certificate ParalympicsGB

    • Portal–International Olympic Committee (Athlete356) 2020–present

    • Sports Medicine, ‘Understanding Sports Injuries’

    • Sports Psychology, ‘Getting in The Zone’

    • Sports Nutrition, ‘Eat to Compete’

    • Commentary on European and World Championships for Eurosport channel

In 2006 Ben began to train and compete full time to pursue his dream of representing Team GB at World and Olympic level. Two years later Ben joined the UKSport funded World Class Performance Programme. Ben stayed part of this programme until its close in the winter of 2016, after UKSport’s funding for British Fencing ended. Following this, Ben continued to compete up until his retirement at the Commonwealth Championships in the summer of 2022. During Ben’s fencing career he represented GB at three Senior European Championships, three Senior World Championships, one European Games, and travelled to the Rio Olympic Games as a training partner.

During this time Ben has also managed a part time coaching career which began in 2013 and has been a part of FCL since its birth in 2015, both as a fencer and coach. Ben’s focus at the club has been on youth development from U12’s right through to U17 and U20. Ben has also been involved in coaching wheelchair fencing where he attended the Tokyo Paralympic Games as Paralympics GB support coach.