Allan Jay

Allan Louis Neville Jay

Jay (left) at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1931-06-30) 30 June 1931
London, England
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport Fencing
Medal record
Olympic Games
Representing  Great Britain
1960 Rome Épée
1960 Rome Team épée
British Empire (and Commonwealth) Games
Representing  Australia
1950 Auckland Team épée
Representing  England
1954 Vancouver Team épée
1954 Vancouver Team foil
1954 Vancouver Foil
1958 Cardiff Team épée
1958 Cardiff Épée
1962 Perth Team foil
1962 Perth Foil
1966 Kingston Foil
1966 Kingston Team foil

Allan Louis Neville Jay MBE (born 30 June 1931) was a British foil and épée fencer.

One of the greatest fencers in British history, Jay competed in five Olympics in both épée and foil, winning silver medals at the 1960 Rome Olympics in individual and team épée.[1][2] At the world championships, Jay won bronze in team foil in 1955, bronze in individual foil in 1957, and gold in individual foil in 1959, becoming the first British world champion in foil.[3]

Jay is Jewish.[4] He won three gold medals at both the 1953 Maccabiah Games and the 1957 Maccabiah Games.[1][4] He was born in England, but spent much of his childhood in Australia and competed internationally in 1950 for that country. After that he returned to Britain to study law at Oxford University, and later worked as a solicitor while serving as fencing official with the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime. He is a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Allan Jay". Jewishsports.net. 30 June 1931. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Allan Jay". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Allan Jay Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Eight Jewish Athletes at BEG". The Canadian Jewish Chronicle. 30 July 1954.

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