Allan Jay

Allan Louis Neville Jay MBE (30 June 1931 – 5 March 2023) was a British five-time-Olympian foil and épée fencer, and world champion.

Early life Jay was born in London, England, and was Jewish. His father died fighting in World War II in 1943.

Fencing career Jay competed internationally in 1950 for Australia. He was a five times British champion winning five titles at the British Fencing Championships, épée champion in 1952, 1959, 1960, and 1961, and foil champion in 1963. Jay competed in five Olympics in both épée and foil, winning silver medals at the 1960 Rome Olympics in individual and team épée. He was Great Britain's flag bearer in the 1964 Olympic Games.

Jay won a gold medal in epee at the 1950 Maccabiah Games. He won three gold medals while fencing both foil and épée (where he won the gold medal in 1953, defeating American Ralph Goldstein in the final) at each of the 1953 Maccabiah Games and the 1957 Maccabiah Games. He is a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, having been elected in 1985. at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he participated in the foil events. He won double gold medal in the individual foil and team foil, the latter with Graham Paul and Bill Hoskyns.

Death Jay died from COVID-19 on 5 March 2023, at the age of 91.