Roland Jacobi (9 March 1893 – 22 May 1951) was a male international

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player from

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. He was the first ever men's singles world champion at the

1926 World Table Tennis Championships The 1st World Table Tennis Championships were held in London from December 6 to December 11, 1926. The championships were originally held as the European Championships which was the same year that the International Table Tennis Federation was for ...

and won six medals in singles, doubles and team events in the

World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tennis competitions sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include m ...

between 1926 and 1928.
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* Wiesław Pięta, Aleksandra Pięta
Czech and Polish Table Tennis Players of Jewish Origin in International Competition (1926-1957)
PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SPORT. STUDIES AND RESEARCH Hungarian male table tennis players 1893 births 1951 deaths Jewish table tennis players {{Hungary-tabletennis-bio-stub

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