Allan Jay

Allan Louis Neville Jay

Jay (left) at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1931-06-30) 30 June 1931 (age 85) London, England
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Olympic Games Representing  Great Britain 1960 Rome Épée 1960 Rome Team épée British Empire (and Commonwealth) Games Representing  Australia 1950 Auckland Team épée Representing  England 1954 Vancouver Team épée 1954 Vancouver Team foil 1954 Vancouver Foil 1958 Cardiff Team épée 1958 Cardiff Épée 1962 Perth Team foil 1962 Perth Foil 1966 Kingston Foil 1966 Kingston Team foil

Allan Louis Neville Jay MBE (born 30 June 1931) was a British foil and épée fencer.

One of the most successful fencers in British history, Jay competed in five Olympics in both épée and foil, winning silver medals at the 1960 Rome Olympics in individual and team épée. 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, becoming the first British world champion in foil.

Jay is Jewish. He won three gold medals at both the 1953 Maccabiah Games and the 1957 Maccabiah Games. He was born in England, but spent much of his childhood in Australia and competed internationally in 1950 for that country. After that he returned to Britain to study law at Oxford University, and later worked as a solicitor while serving as fencing official with the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime. He is a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.