Peter Jacobs (fencer)

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]

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]