Roland Jacobi Explained

Roland Jacobi
Fullname:	Beszterczy Jacobi Roland^[1]
Birth Date:	9 March 1893
Birth Place:	Banská Bystrica, Austria-Hungary (present-day Slovakia)
Death Place:	Budapest, Hungary

Roland Jacobi (9 March 1893 – 22 May 1951) was a male international table tennis player from Hungary.

He was the first ever men's singles world champion at the 1926 World Table Tennis Championships^[2] and won six medals in singles, doubles and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships between 1926 and 1928.^[3]

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

External links

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Új tenisztehetség tűnt fel: Székely-Körmöczy Zsuzsa . Huszadik Század . 2 October 2015. hu.
2. Web site: Jacobi Roland. Table Tennis Guide.
   - Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. 1987. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5. registration.
   - Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
3. Web site: JACOBI Roland (HUN) . ITFF . 2 October 2015 . 16 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121016114116/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=3162 . dead .
   - Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123. 2018-02-28. 2018-09-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180922055935/http://sports123.com/tte/index.html. dead.