Roland Jacobi

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

The native form of this personal name is Jacobi Roland. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Roland Jacobi
Full nameBeszterczy Jacobi Roland[1]
Nationality Hungary
Born9 March 1893
Banská Bystrica, Austria-Hungary
(present-day Slovakia)
Died22 May 1951
Budapest, Hungary

He was the first ever men's singles world champion at the 1926 World Table Tennis Championships [2][3][4] and won six medals total in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships between 1926 and 1928.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. "Új tenisztehetség tűnt fel: Székely-Körmöczy Zsuzsa" (in Hungarian). Huszadik Század. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  3. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. "JACOBI Roland (HUN)". ittf.com. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  6. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
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