Michael Henderson

Michael Lindsay Henderson (10 October 1935 – 22 August 2025) was a New Zealand fencer who won a bronze medal representing his country at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

Biography Henderson was born on 10 October 1935. He won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand men's sabre team at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth alongside Bob Binning and Brian Pickworth. At those games, he also competed in the team foil event with Brian Pickworth and Keith Mann, finishing fifth, and in the individual men's foil and sabre events where he did not progress to the final pool stages.

In 1965, Henderson won the men's sabre title at the New Zealand national fencing championships. In the teams events, he was a member of the New Zealand trios that finished fourth in both the sabre and foil competitions.