Peter Jaffe

{{Short description|British competitive sailor}}

{{distinguish|Peter Jaffé}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2012}}

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| fullname = James Peter Jaffe

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| nationality = Great Britain

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| birth_date = 22 November 1913

| birth_place = Richmond, Greater London, Great Britain

| death_date = 20 August 1982

| death_place = Orange, California, U.S.

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James Peter Jaffe (22 November 1913 – 20 August 1982, in Orange, California) was a British competitive sailor and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/peter-jaffe-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042630/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/peter-jaffe-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Peter Jaffe Biography and Olympic Results |publisher=Sports-reference.com |accessdate=6 July 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://www.starclass.org/artman/publish/article_356.shtml |title=1932 Olympics Report |publisher=Starclass.org |date=28 July 2006 |author=transcribed by Barbara Beigel Vosbury |accessdate=6 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615225939/http://www.starclass.org/artman/publish/article_356.shtml |archive-date=15 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/peter-jaffe-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042630/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/peter-jaffe-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Peter Jaffe |publisher=Sports-reference.com |accessdate=16 February 2011}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&pg=PA223 |title=Day by day in Jewish sports history |publisher=KTAV Publishing House, Inc. |year=2008 |author=Bob Wechsler |page=223|isbn=9780881259698 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=JAFFEPET01 |title=Peter Jaffe; Olympic medals and stats |publisher=Databaseolympics.com |accessdate=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019040904/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=JAFFEPET01 |archivedate=19 October 2012 }}

Jaffe was Jewish, and was born in Richmond, in Greater London.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rFo7AQAAIAAJ |title=Jews and the Olympic Games; sport: a springboard for minorities |publisher=Vallentine Mitchell |year=2004 |author=Paul Yogi Mayer |isbn=9780853035169 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/peter-jaffe-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042630/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/peter-jaffe-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Peter Jaffe; Biography and Olympic Results |publisher=Sports-reference.com |accessdate=6 July 2011}}