Vanda Fairchild Aikido's very own Gladiator

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'Vanda Fairchild' Aikido's very own Gladiator

During the 1992 series 1 of Gladiators shown on the British television station ITV all 'Martial Artists' sat up early one Saturday evening when we heard Aikido mentioned, What we found was a female contestant named Vanda Fairchild then a 3rd Dan Aikido player with the BAA. What we didn't know was apart from being very competitive she also very very good and a credit to 'Aikido'.	Vanda Fairchild with her partner David Fielding MBE

Gladiator Geek Information * Series: 1 * Year: 1992 * Shows: 9 * Venue: NIA, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND * Produced: LWT * Broadcast: ITV * Gladiators: 12 * Events: 6 * Contenders: 24 VANDA FAIRCHILD 1992 FEMALE CHAMPION Vanda continued on too win the series final of Gladiators, What a fantastic achievement and what a great advert for our sport and art. Lets hope the new generation of Aikido players will be able to emulate her achievements and become ambassadors for aikido in the same manor as Vanda did in 1992.


Vanda winning the 1992 Semi Final from Nicola Bawden