Shimcha Finkelstein Explained

Shimcha Finkelstein
Nationality:
Birth Date:	1917
Birth Place:	Warsaw

Shimcha Finkelstein (1917–1987), was a male Polish and Israeli international table tennis player.^[1]

Table tennis career

He won a bronze medal at the 1936 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Alojzy Ehrlich and Samuel Schieff for Poland.^{[2] [3]}

He was Polish team champion for Hasmonea Warsaw and singles champion in 1937. He was of Jewish origin and before the war switched allegiance to Israel and won the first ever Israeli championship beating Mordecai Finberg in the final.^[4]

Personal life

He left Poland in May 1937 via Romania to Palestine. He retired in 1967, had three children and died in 1987.

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
2. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
3. Web site: List of Gold and silver medal Winners. All About Table Tennis.
4. Web site: Israeli Table Tennis Association. Degruyter. 2018-03-29. 2019-06-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20190605092542/https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/pcssr.2011.53.issue--1/v10141-011-0023-7/v10141-011-0023-7.pdf. dead.