Peter Jacobs

Peter Jacobs (born 26 September 1938) is a British épée fencer who competed at the Olympics. Early and personal life Jacobs was born in Pinner, Greater London, Great Britain, to Jewish parents. He attended Queens' College, Cambridge, where he studied Classics. Fencing career Jacobs was a three-time fencing Blue from 1960–62, and was on the winning team each time. In 1960, he became the first post-war undergraduate to win the UK’s oldest épée competition, the Miller-Hallett Cup. He also won the Universities Athletic Union épée title in 1961. Having missed out on a medal by a single hit at the 1961 Summer Universiade in Sofia, Jacobs won the épée title two years later at the 1963 event in Porto Alegre, Brazil. In between the two Universiades he was a three times British fencing champion winning the épée title at the British Fencing Championships in 1962, 1964 and 1970.