Allan Jay
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Allan Louis Neville Jay MBE (born 30 June 1931, in London, England) was a British foil and épée fencer.
One of the greatest fencers in British history, Jay competed in five Olympiads in both épée and foil, winning silver medals at the 1960 Rome Olympics in Individual and Team Épée.[1] [2][3] 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.[1]
Jay is Jewish.[4] He won three gold medals at both the 1953 Maccabiah Games and the 1957 Maccabiah Games.[1][4]
See also
References
External links
- Olympic results at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 August 2008)
- Commonwealth Games medals
- Jewish Sports bio
- Jews in Sports bio
- Jewish Sports Legends bio
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- Olympic fencers of Great Britain
- Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
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- Fencers at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Fencers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Fencers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Fencers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Fencers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Sportspeople from London
- International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
