Sol Schiff
American table tennis player (1917–2012)
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Solomon Joseph Schiff (June 28, 1917 – February 26, 2012)[1] was a Jewish-American table tennis player from New York.
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| Full name | Solomon Joseph Schiff | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 June 1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 February 2012 (aged 94) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
