Peter Jaffe

Not to be confused with Peter Jaffé.

Peter Jaffe

Personal information
Full name	James Peter Jaffe
Nationality	Great Britain
Born	(1913-11-22)22 November 1913 Richmond, Greater London, Great Britain
Died	20 August 1982(1982-08-20) (aged 68) Orange, California, U.S.
Sport
Sport	Sailing
Medal record Sailing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1932 Los Angeles Star class

James 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

• List of select Jews in sailing
• List of British Jewish sportspeople

References

1. "Peter Jaffe Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
2. transcribed by Barbara Beigel Vosbury (28 July 2006). "1932 Olympics Report". Starclass.org. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
3. "Peter Jaffe". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
4. Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. p. 223. ISBN 9780881259698.
5. "Peter Jaffe; Olympic medals and stats". Databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
6. Paul Yogi Mayer (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games; sport: a springboard for minorities. Vallentine Mitchell. ISBN 9780853035169.
7. "Peter Jaffe; Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2011.