Peter Jacobs (fencer)

Peter Jacobs MBE (born 26 September 1938) is a British fencer who competed at the Olympics.

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

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. "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. 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. 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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