Sol Schiff

Sol Schiff
Full name Solomon Joseph Schiff
Nationality  United States
Born June 28, 1917
Manhattan, New York
Died February 26, 2012
Brooklyn, New York

Solomon Joseph Schiff (June 28, 1917 – February 26, 2012)[1] was an Jewish-American table tennis player from New York.

Table tennis career

From 1937 to 1947 he won four medals in doubles and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2][3]

The four World Championship medals[4] 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.[5][6] He also won an English Open title.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hevesi, Dennis. "Sol Schiff, 'Mr. Table Tennis,' Dies at 94". New York Times. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  2. ↑ http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=6317
  3. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  4. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  5. ↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  6. ↑ 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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