Peter Jaffe

Peter Jaffe
Personal information
Full name James Peter Jaffe
Nationality Great Britain
Born 22 November 1913
Richmond, Greater London, Great Britain
Died 20 August 1982
Orange, California, U.S.
Sport
Sport Sailing

James Peter "Peter" Jaffe (22 November 1913 – 20 August 1982, in Orange, California) was a British competitive sailor and Olympic medalist.[1][2]

He won a silver medal in the Star class mixed two-person keelboat at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, at the age of 18.[3][4][5]

Jaffe was Jewish, and was born in Richmond, in Greater London.[4][6][7]

See also

References

  1. "Peter Jaffe Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  2. transcribed by Barbara Beigel Vosbury (28 July 2006). "1932 Olympics Report". Starclass.org. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  3. "Peter Jaffe". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  4. 1 2 Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  5. "Peter Jaffe; Olympic medals and stats". Databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  6. Paul Yogi Mayer (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games; sport: a springboard for minorities. Vallentine Mitchell. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  7. "Peter Jaffe; Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011.


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