Peter Jacobs (fencer)
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| Born | 26 September 1938 Pinner, London, England |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sport | Fencing |
| Event | Epee |
| College team | Queens College, Cambridge University |
Medal record | |
Peter Jacobs MBE (born 26 September 1938) is a British fencer who competed at the Olympics.
Early and personal life
Jacobs was born in Pinner, Greater London, Great Britain, and is Jewish.[1][2][3][4] He attended and fenced for Queens College in Cambridge University.[5]
Fencing career
Jacobs won the Great Britain team épée championship in 1962 and 1964.[3] He won a bronze medal in épée and a gold medal in épée team at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia[6] and again in the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[7] In between the 1962 and 1970 games he won a gold medal in the épée team event.[8]
Jacobs competed in individual and team épée at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and in team épée at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[1]
In 1970 Jacobs was the British champion in individual épée.[7]
Jacobs wrote the foreword to the book entitled Fencing: Techniques of Foil, Epee and Sabre by Brian Pitman (1988).[9] He served on the Executive Committee of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) for 24 years, 12 as Secretary-Treasurer, and stepped down in 2013 and was elected to the Legal Commission.[10]
He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to British and International Fencing.[11]
References
- ^ a b "Peter Jacobs Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History
- ^ a b Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver. Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports
- ^ Page 2, The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, September 6, 1968.
- ^ "Queens' Olympians, Blues & Internationals," Queens' College.
- ^ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ a b Graham Groom. The Complete Book Of The Commonwealth Games
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ Brian Pitman. Fencing: Techniques of Foil, Epee and Sabre
- ^ "FIE Elections," The Sword, April 2013.
- ^ "Peter Jacobs, MBE". British Fencing. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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- 1938 births
- Living people
- British male fencers
- Olympic fencers of Great Britain
- Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- People from Pinner
- Sportspeople from London
- Fencers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Fencers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Fencers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in fencing
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Universiade medalists in fencing
- Jewish fencers
- Jewish British sportspeople
- English Jews
- Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Universiade gold medalists for Great Britain