Peter Jacobs (fencer)

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Peter Jacobs
MBE
Personal information
Born (1938-09-26) 26 September 1938 (age 82)
Pinner, London, England
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
SportFencing
Event(s)Epee
College teamQueens College, Cambridge University
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Medal record
Fencing
Representing  England
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1962 Perth épée team
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Perth épée individual
Gold medal – first place 1966 Kingston épée team
Gold medal – first place 1970 Edinburgh épée team
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Edinburgh épée individual

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, Western 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[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Peter Jacobs Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  2. ^ The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver. Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports
  4. ^ Page 2, The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, 6 September 1968.
  5. ^ "Queens' Olympians, Blues & Internationals," Queens' College.
  6. ^ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Graham Groom. The Complete Book Of The Commonwealth Games
  8. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  9. ^ Brian Pitman. Fencing: Techniques of Foil, Epee and Sabre
  10. ^ "FIE Elections," The Sword, April 2013.
  11. ^ "Peter Jacobs, MBE". British Fencing. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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