Sol Schiff

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

Sol Schiff
Full nameSolomon Joseph Schiff
Nationality United States
BornJune 28, 1917
Manhattan, New York
DiedFebruary 26, 2012
Brooklyn, 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]

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See also

References
  1. Hevesi, Dennis. "Sol Schiff, 'Mr. Table Tennis,' Dies at 94". New York Times. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  2. "Solomon "Sol" Schiff"
  3. "Sol Schiff". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  4. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=6317
  5. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  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.


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