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Sol Schiff

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Sol Schiff
Personal information
Full nameSolomon Joseph Schiff
Nationality United States
Born(1917-06-28)28 June 1917
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Died26 February 2012(2012-02-26) (aged 94)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  United States
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1947 ParisTeam
Gold medal – first place1938 WembleyDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1938 WembleyTeam
Gold medal – first place1937 WembleyTeam

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

He attended Textile High School in New York City.[2]

Table tennis career

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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]

From 1976 to 1984, and again from 1986 to 1988, Schiff was president of the United States Table Tennis Association (now called USA Table Tennis) [9]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Hevesi, Dennis. "Sol Schiff, 'Mr. Table Tennis,' Dies at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Solomon "Sol" Schiff, born June 28, 1917". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Sol Schiff". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  4. ↑ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  5. ↑ "Sports 123: Table Tennis". Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  6. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  7. ↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  8. ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  9. ↑ https://tabletenniscoaching.com/USATT-Presidents
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