Sol Schiff
| Sol Schiff | |
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| Full name | Solomon Joseph Schiff |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | June 28, 1917 Manhattan, New York |
| Died | February 26, 2012 Brooklyn, New York |
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Solomon Joseph Schiff (June 28, 1917 – February 26, 2012)[1] was a Jewish-American table tennis player from New York.
He attended Textile High School in New York City.[2]
Table tennis career[]
Schiff was a six-time U.S. Open Men's Doubles champion, and nine-time U.S. Mixed Doubles champion.[3] In 1936, he won the U.S. Men's Singles title.[3]
From 1937 to 1947 he won four medals in doubles and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[4][5] The four World Championship medals[6] included two gold medals; one in the doubles with Jimmy McClure at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships and one in the team event at the 1937 World Table Tennis Championships.[7][8]
He also won an English Open title.
He was inducted into the USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame.[2] He was also inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Hevesi, Dennis. "Sol Schiff, 'Mr. Table Tennis,' Dies at 94". New York Times. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Solomon "Sol" Schiff"
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Sol Schiff". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=6317
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
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