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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
References
- ^ "Peter Jaffe Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Peter Jaffe". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ^ a b Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. p. 223. ISBN 9780881259698.
- ^ "Peter Jaffe; Olympic medals and stats". Databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ Paul Yogi Mayer (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games; sport: a springboard for minorities. Vallentine Mitchell. ISBN 9780853035169.
- ^ "Peter Jaffe; Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
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